Supporters insist that the one-woman stage play will uplift the audience, even as they learn about Fannie Lou Hamer.

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.

This year’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago is a historic moment as Vice President Kamala Harris becomes the Democratic presidential nominee. Harris’ ascent to this position — as ...

The “grandmother of Juneteenth," is bringing a play to a Fort Worth stage on Sunday highlighting Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy ...

The testimony of Fannie Lou Hamer to the credentials committee in Atlantic City, New Jersey, was vivid and blunt. Recommended Videos She described how she was fired from her plantation job in ...

Fannie Lou Hamer, a voting rights activist, suffered unspeakable violence and intimidation at the hands of white supremacists and police. Her response: to elevate her cause by launching a long ...

Award-winning actress and playwright Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye is taking her one-woman play about civil rights and voting activist Fannie Lou Hamer on the road again. It’s all part of “The Voice of ...

Two days before the Nov. 5 election, Opal Lee will bring a play to Fort Worth that pays tribute to Hamer’s legacy as a voting ...

Fort Worth’s Grandmother of Juneteenth, Opal Lee, wants to motivate and inspire North Texas to get out and vote.

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.

The “grandmother of Juneteenth," is bringing a play to a Fort Worth stage on Sunday highlighting Fannie Lou Hamer's legacy ...