Their names include Nannie Helen Burroughs, Ella Baker, Fannie ... setbacks led Hamer to focus increasingly on the building of networks of economic independence as the foundation of democracy. The ...

There were no public objections to a Grey County official plan amendment for a proposed residential farm cooperative just outside of Thornbury. Last week, Grey County held a public meeting about ...

There were no public objections to a Grey County official plan amendment for a proposed residential farm cooperative just outside of Thornbury. Last week, Grey County held a public meeting about ...

Subject headings and names of people interviewed are intermixed in alphabetical order. Interviews are listed by the last name of the person interviewed. Please click on a letter of the alphabet to ...

The story of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer is being told in the opera, “Is This America?” by composer Mary D. Watkins. Performances will take place Sept. 20, 21 & 22 at the Strand ...

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Three cooperative leaders in health care, credit unions, and agribusiness received the 2024 Cooperative Builder Award. During Cooperative Network’s Virtual Annual Meeting on Thursday, the organization ...

Raised on a dairy farm in southcentral Wisconsin ... General Manager of FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative. “We are excited to have her join us and feel that her skills and experience will be a great ...

“I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.” “Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.” Those words were spoken by Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the most charismatic figures in the Civil Rights Movement. A ...

As strong-willed civil rights and voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, Butler knows she has audiences in the palm of her hand. And rightfully so! Butler easily glides between impassioned ...

When former sharecropper Fannie Lou Hamer first learned ... Are Honoring Juneteenth This Year In 1969, Hamer founded the Freedom Farm Cooperative, a community-based rural and economic development ...