On Oct. 6, 1917, Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi. She died March 14, 1977, at age 59, after aggressively fighting breast cancer. Starkly different from 2025, where advanced ...

>> WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED. >> THE FAMOUS LINE, DELIVERED IN DECEMBER 1964 BY FANNIE LOU HAMER, THE CIVIL RIGHTS ICON FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA, SPEAKING FROM THE HEART IN HER ...

Featuring a performance of composer Hannibal Lokumbe’s String Quartet “Fannie Lou Hamer” alongside a lecture with Lokumbe and panelists exploring the life and work of Fannie Lou Hamer in partnership ...

The 19th annual Fannie Lou Hamer Human and Civil Rights Symposium was held in the university’s Performing Arts Center. Blain, author of “Set the World on Fire: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist who used singing to promote community and fight for voting rights. Hamer's life and legacy are celebrated in the new Kentucky Opera production, "This ...

Fannie Lou Hamer's fight for voting rights in 1964 remains relevant today as states continue to enact voter suppression tactics. While Black political representation has increased, many elected ...

The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Anne Arundel County will recognize 13 local women in honor of voting and women’s rights activist, community organizer and civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer.

A large gold statue of Fannie Lou Hamer's head sits outside the Nashville Parthenon as part of an exhibit. The "Colossal Head" is one of 24 pieces in Alan LeQuire's "Monumental Figures" exhibit. The ...