A former Michigan governor is being posthumously ... medals that will be awarded posthumously on Saturday will go to Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and ...

Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democrats’ presidential nom-ination Thursday Aug. 22, 2024, exactly 60 years after ...

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.

President Joe Biden has announced the 2025 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, created in 1963 to recognize individuals whose work has ...

On Saturday, President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including a posthumous award to Mississippi Civil Rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer who died in 1977.

We are all in for a profound experience as we experience the life of Fannie Lou Hamer and witness the incredible artistry of this production directed by Joy Vandervort-Cobb and featuring Robin ...

In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer, the head of the Mississippi Freedom ... Her historic campaign for governor of Georgia in 2018 led to a narrow loss to Brian Kemp, during which she refused to concede ...

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.

Robert F. Kennedy, public science educator Bill Nye, and civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, among others, were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor that can be awarded ...

Fannie Lou Hamer, who famously registered Black voters ... Magic Johnson rose from the playground in Lansing, Michigan to become one of the most beloved athletes of our time.” ...

President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including Denzel Washington and Magic Johnson. (Photo: AP) ...