Fannie Lou Hamer stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She delivered one of the most searing indictments of American democracy. “Is this America, the land of the free and the home of ...

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.

When Booker speaks until exhaustion, he channels the persistence of civil rights activists who staged sit-ins at segregated ...

SeeHer Story airs every week on PEOPLE.com and @PeopleTV social handles Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has ...

The documentary examines the life of civil rights legend Fannie Lou Hamer, offering first-hand accounts by those who knew her and worked side by side with her in the struggle for voting rights.

Civic education is not just important — it is essential. Too many of our young people do not know who represents them.

Fannie Lou Hamer's Dauntless Fight for Black Americans' Right to Vote The activist did not learn about her right to vote until she was 44, but once she did, she vigorously fought for black voting ...

In 1964, Fannie Lou Hamer stood before the Democratic National Convention (DNC). She delivered one of the most searing indictments of American democracy. “Is this America, the land of the free ...