This is the most probable date when Black explorer Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable begins building the settlement, which would eventually become the city of Chicago, Ill. The Haitian-born (c 1745) du ...

All around them are the faces of civil rights champions like Angela Davis, Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman—figures who Brehmer predicts won’t even be taught ...

The Harem Pants Hysteria: Made popular by iconic pop star MC Hammer, harem pants were all ... occasionally graced the runway today. 12. The Fanny Pack Fiasco: The fanny pack, or belt bag, was ...

Georgia E.L. Patton, 1842-1906. First black doctor to be a licensed ... Wife of John Adams, women's rights and anti-slavery activist. Fannie Lou Hamer, 1917-1977. Civil rights activist, member of the ...

In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She delivered one of the most searing indictments of American democracy.

A renovated Fannie Bay home sold under the hammer for $1.3m this week after a successful auction campaign. The four-bedroom home at 4 Crush St, Fannie Bay, marketed by Sascha Smithett and Julian ...

Bill Pulte, who was confirmed by the US Senate on Thursday to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency for the Trump administration, said he’s in no rush to privatize Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ...

Patricia L. Christmas, 76, of Bolivar, died Friday, March 14, 2025 at Hennis Care Centre in Bolivar. Born March 18, 1948 in Carmi, Illinois, she was a daughter of the late Alfred I and Fannie L.

The combined net worth of Fannie and Freddie was $147 billion as of the third quarter of 2024, according to JPMorgan. That means the US government’s majority stake in the two GSEs is worth ...