Almost 60 years ago, Fannie Lou Hamer took the podium at the Democratic National Convention and made a speech that challenged the party for its failure to support Black Americans' right to vote.

(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) 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. (AP Photo ...

She was also national chairperson for the Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Statue Committee, and had been gifted a polished plaster template/cast model, which she is donating to the city, according to ...

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 ...

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. Hamer was a former ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Caitlin Cass talked about Fannie Lou Hamer's contributions to civil rights. Author Caitlin Cass talked about Fannie Lou Hamer's ...

The political efforts of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer are a case in point. Sixty years ago this Aug. 22, Hamer delivered an electrifying speech at the Democratic National Convention in ...

It was some 20 years ago when Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye got tired of people telling her they didn’t know who civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer was. She decided to do something about it.

at 2 p.m. in Mitchell Memorial Library. The presentation in the John Grisham Room will be followed by a reception and book signing for Flakes’ book “Mama Fannie: Growing Up the Daughter of Civil ...

Fannie Lou Hamer Rattled the Democratic Convention With Her 'Is This America?' Speech 60 Years Ago JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats' presidential ...