The latest crop of participants in the Mississippi Delta Film Academy was filming shots of Drew, Mississippi - the backdrop ...

It may be a new federally recognized holiday, but the roots of Juneteenth date back to 1865. Here’s how some Arizonans are celebrating.

Kate Clifford Larson — biographer of Fannie Lou Hamer and Harriet Tubman, and a consultant to the two National Park Service parks honoring Tubman in Auburn and in Maryland — will speak on ...

He mentioned working at Phillips Academy and being impressed with kids who were able to spout off names like Fannie Lou Hamer and Mary McLeod Bethune.

Dozens of 5-to-17-year-olds wore makeup and fashions of the era to depict historical figures and highlight their achievements for the annual Blacks in Wax.

Fannie Lou Hamer said, ‘Nobody’s free until everybody’s free’ and it feels vulnerable but important to see myself as part of that ‘everybody.’” Better Dreaming follows 2021’s sketchy. and 2018’s I can ...

Fannie Lou Hamer said, 'Nobody's free until everybody's free' and it feels vulnerable but important to see myself as part of that 'everybody.'" Last year saw Tune-Yards celebrate 10 years of third ...

Hamer is most notable for her involvement in the voter registration campaign, Freedom Summer in 1964, where college students of all races helped expand voting rights for Black people in Mississippi.

Fannie Lou Hamer is sick and tired of being sick and tired. Black people are not being treated fairly, and she sees firsthand the effects that racism has on her family and the people around her. She ...

14. Fannie Lou Hamer, 'Go Tell It on the Mountain' (1963) The original lyrics of this 19th Century spiritual celebrate the birth of Jesus.