Civic education is not just important — it is essential. Too many of our young people do not know who represents them.

Fannie Lou Hamer is, you know, she was the 20th child of sharecroppers in Mississippi who dropped out of school in the sixth grade, so she could pick cotton with her family. Desperately poor.

The vibes should be emanating from their traditional Turkish string instruments—and you will be smitten with the smoke.

She has plenty of support from family and friends ... Mississippi historymakers: Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer and opera singer Leontyne Price among state's inspiring women Her daughter ...

Gayton will talk with HistoryLink’s Jennifer Ott about his family’s roots in abolition ... iconic Mississippi voting rights leader, Fannie Lou Hamer. To Black people who were hesitant about ...

All seven school board seats were up for election in 2023. Because terms are staggered, three seats, all for four-year terms, ...

Her family has been working their land since ... but also other women who we know worked in the spaces, like Fannie Lou Hamer,” she said. Steans also said tending to the ranch and supporting ...

Fannie Lou Hamer, an activist who suffered physically ... case that had a pretty big personal sacrifice to herself and her family. It’s fascinating.” I also asked Lundy and Newby how Morris ...