From GRAILS’ gorgeous orange speakers, Fannie Lou Hamer sang “Go Tell It on the Mountain” and “Wade in the Water.” The ...

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.

Introduction: Showing love and telling it like it is : the rhetorical practices of Fannie Lou Hamer -- "I don't mind my light shining," speech delivered at a Freedom Vote rally in Greenwood, ...

It was appropriate that a strong, horn-mad voice from yesteryear became among the most powerful at another national convention of the Democratic Party. One after the other, Democrats at the recent ...

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. Civil rights legend Fannie Lou ...

Introduction: "I don't mind my light shining" -- A rhetorical education, 1917-1962 -- Through the shadows of death, 1962-1964 -- "Is this America?" 1964 -- "The country's number one freedom fighting ...

Tramaine Berryhill’s set for The Fannie Lou Hamer Story is a strange stars-and-stripes affair — all wood, all old-looking, all dusty. The designs are big and loud, but the colors are faded; it’s the ...

In this video, the cast of 'The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins' discusses why people like Jack Black's mother or Fannie Lou Hamer deserve their own documentaries. From NASA scientists to comedy ...