In an exclusive interview with theGrio, Fannie Lou Hamer’s daughter celebrates her mother on the 42nd anniversary of the civil rights activist’s death. Fannie Lou Hamer is quoted, perhaps more than ...

Fannie Lou Hamer started as a sharecropper but would go on to become one of the most passionate voices of the civil rights movement, leading the fight for voting rights and greater economic ...

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** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** Ranger Frank Hamer along the Rio ...

Civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer's searing speech about the brutality she'd endured because, as a voting rights activist, she wanted black Americans "to become first-class citizens," made ...

How much do you really know about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer? In these pandemic years, her story has been told on the Goodman Theatre stage and in Chicago parks by way of Chicago-born ...

'God’s Long Summer' is written by Peter J. Meli. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter Civil and voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer will be getting the biopic treatment. Common is set to ...

The Highwaymen, a new Netflix film starring Kevin Costner as the Texas Ranger who took out Bonnie and Clyde—Frank Hamer—is not shy about its attempt to “set the record straight.” The cast and crew ...

Fannie Lou Hamer is quoted, perhaps more than any other female activist of her generation. And because of her compelling and heartfelt calls to action during the civil rights movement, she has become ...