Kamala Harris is set to address the convention exactly six decades after the civil rights icon delivered her powerful ...

Fannie Lou Hamer fought for Civil Rights, and famously questioned Democrats for their commitment; 60 years later, her ...

JACKSON, Miss. — Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting the Democrats’ presidential nomination Thursday, exactly 60 years ...

The political efforts of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer are a case in point. Sixty years ago this Aug. 22, Hamer ...

Multiple speakers at the Democratic National Convention have mentioned Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist who gave a ...

This story originally appeared on The 19th. RULEVILLE, Mississippi — When Charles “Mac” McLaurin walks past the gates of the ...

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.

California Congresswoman Maxine Waters offered a profound history lessont during her speech at the Democratic National ...

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Sixty years ago, at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer told the party and the ...