Fannie Lou Hamer’s path to the 1964 Democratic National Convention began in rural poverty. Born on Oct. 6, 1917, Hamer was the granddaughter of enslaved Black people and worked as a sharecropper ...

Fannie Lou Hamer fought for Civil Rights, and famously questioned Democrats for their commitment; 60 years later, her presence is felt at DNC. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest ...

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 4: Doris Hamer Richardson, niece of late civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom on her behalf from U.S. President Joe Biden ...

Multiple speakers at the Democratic National Convention have mentioned Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist who gave a landmark speech at the convention in 1964. ... Photo via Getty images.

Kamala Harris is set to address the convention exactly 60 years after the civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer delivered her powerful convention speech about voting rights and representation.

The 2024 Democratic National Convention is seeing the country unite to nominate someone who could become the first Black woman president. The historical event comes 60 years after Fannie Lou Hamer ...

Fannie Lou Hamer speaks to Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party sympathizers outside the Capitol in Washington, in this Sept. 17, 1965 file photo. Hamer and others used Christmas carols to ...

4 Photos. FILE - A statue of the late civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer is displayed in a memorial garden in her hometown of Ruleville, Miss., on Oct. 5, 2017.

Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the many unsung heroes of the 1960s civil right movement. The daughter of sharecroppers born into poverty in the Mississippi Delta, Hamer would go on to galvanize the ...