All seven school board seats were up for election in 2023. Because terms are staggered, three seats, all for four-year terms, ...

the executive secretary of SNCC, challenged Cobb’s logic. He knew he couldn’t leave the South and head back to college. Cobb also met Fannie Lou Hamer, one of the movement’s most powerful ...

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1 827—The first Black-owned and operated newspaper in America begins publishing. It was Free­dom’s Journal. It published weekly in New York City from 1827 to 1829. Editors John Russwurm and Samuel ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was a force to be reckoned with. Enduring intractable racism, police beatings, and even forced sterilization ...

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 ...

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 ...

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WASHINGTON, March 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will visit Saudi Arabia over March 10-12 for talks with Ukrainian counterparts, a statement from the U.S. Department of State said.