Fannie Lou Hamer, Presidential Medal of Freedom

Mississippian civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. On Saturday, President Joe ...
In their new book, Dr. Jenn Jackson shines a light on the central role of Black women in liberation movements, both in US ...
Robert F. Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The White House said the Medal of Freedom recipients have made “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or ...
Fannie Lou Hamer, who famously registered Black voters throughout the South and advocated for voting rights, was posthumously awarded her Medal of Freedom, which was accepted by Doris Hamer ...