Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917, the 20th child of Lou Ella and James Lee Townsend, sharecroppers east of the Mississippi Delta. She first joined her family in the cotton fields at the age of six.

CHICAGO — On Aug. 22, 1964, Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer delivered an iconic speech at the Democratic National Convention, taking the party to task for its failure to ...

The documentary examines the life of civil rights legend Fannie Lou Hamer, offering first-hand accounts by those who knew her and worked side by side with her in the struggle for voting rights.

Fannie Lou Hamer, a voting rights activist, suffered unspeakable violence and intimidation at the hands of white supremacists and police. Her response: to elevate her cause by launching a long ...

The Fannie Lou Hamer Farm Project is a student-led initiative focused on “Black wellness and land-based learning and healing” on campus through farming and workshops centered around food ...

Adorned with images of civil right activist Fannie Lou Hamer and the Black Panther Party ... they need free from the Metcalfe Park Community Bridges’ Mutual Aid Shed, at 2620 N.