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Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer: Monica Land pays tribute to her aunt
Editor’s note: This article was written by Monica Land, niece of the famed civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer. It first published in The Enterprise-Tocsin newspaper on June 21, 2024, and is republished below with permission. Click here to read the story on The Enterpise-Tocsin’s website. Everything I know about Fannie Lou Hamer, I learned from someone else. And that will forever haunt me as a tremendous loss of opportunity considering that she was my great-aunt.
Monica Land | The Grenada Star
Everything I know about Fannie Lou Hamer, I learned from someone else. And that will forever haunt me as a tremendous loss of opportunity considering that she was my great-aunt.
Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer: On the 42nd anniversary of her death, see how this powerful women’s rights activist inspires a whole new generation Original
In an exclusive interview with theGrio, Fannie Lou Hamer’s daughter celebrates her mother on the 42nd anniversary of the civil rights activist’s death. Fannie Lou Hamer is quoted, perhaps more than any other female activist of her generation. And because of her compelling and heartfelt calls to action during the civil rights movement, she has become the subject of numerous books, plays and documentaries.
Stockton Professor Donates Fannie Lou Hamer Statue to Atlantic City — Fannie Lou Hamer's America
“We are honored to have the statue unveiled today in Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall,” said Atlantic City Council Vice President Kaleem Shabazz, who’s also the president of the Atlantic City branch of the NAACP. “This is an historic occasion and marks a long, long journey for those of us who are concerned about the struggle for civil rights.
Fannie Lou Hamer Marker Unveiling Planned in Husband’s Hometown; Dr. Leslie McLemore to Speak — Fannie Lou Hamer's America
APRIL 11, 2023 - KILMICHAEL, MS - A historical marker honoring civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer will be unveiled in Kilmichael, MS on Saturday, April 22 at 11 am. The marker commemorates Hamer’s connection to the small town in Montgomery County, where her husband, Perry “Pap” Hamer was born and raised. Though Hamer often said she was born in Montgomery County, she testified in federal court in December 1963 that she was born in Tomnolen in Webster County, which borders Montgomery County.
Claude Hargett
Claude Hargett CHARLESTON — Claude Hargett, age 85, passed away Thursday, Aug. 12, at his home in Charleston. The family received friends on Sunday, Aug. 15, from 1 p.m. until service time at 2 p.m. at Charleston Church of God. Interment followed in Charleston City Cemetery. Newsom Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. Claude was a very hard worker, used car dealer, loved car auctions and his family remembers his love of dirt drag racing.
FSU professor's research spurs educational curriculum
A Florida State University professor’s research has inspired a new K-12 school curriculum about 1960s Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Professor Davis Houck Davis Houck, FSU’s Fannie Lou Hamer Professor of Rhetorical Studies in the College of Communication and Information,helped develop the educational program about Hamer’s life with assistance from Mississippi schoolteachers, historians and Maegan Parker Brooks, assistant professor at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.
Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer: On the 42nd anniversary of her death, see how this powerful women’s rights activist inspires a whole new generation
Fannie Lou Hamer, the great civil and voting rights activist, suffered the injustice of sterilization against her will. (AP Photo/stf) Fannie Lou Hamer is quoted, perhaps more than any other female activist of her generation. And because of her compelling and heartfelt calls to action during the civil rights movement, she has become the subject of numerous books, plays and documentaries.
How Mississippi and Emmett Till shaped the March on Washington
This article was originally published on August 24, 2013. Unfortunately, little has changed since it was first written. On this 63rd anniversary of the murder of Emmett Till and the 55th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, we are reminded of the similarities between Till and the Trayvon Martin case (any many others since) and the continued fight for justice for young Black men and women.
Downtown restoration, growth evident in Greenville, Mississippi
City and county officials in Greenville are celebrating a milestone that is much more than an economic benefit. The recent openings of a restaurant, a brewery and a residential and hotel space in the downtown area, is not only a testament to the resilience of the largest city in the Mississippi Delta, but also a tribute to its late mayor, Chuck Jordan, who initiated the vision of a better Greenville, but died before it was realized.
Greenville brewery first of its kind in Mississippi Delta
Publisher and home brewer Jon Alverson is not a native of the Mississippi Delta. But with the opening of a new brewery and tap room, he’s clearly making his mark on the historic city of Greenville. Since 2013, Alverson, who migrated from Olive Branch and is originally from Mobile, has been at the helm of the Delta Democrat Times newspaper. But for the last 10 years, he’s been busy creating and perfecting his own craft beers and sharing them with others. “I like beer and I like making things.
Fannie Lou Hamer gets her due
Award-winning producer Keith A. Beauchamp, whose documentary on Emmett Till prompted the Department of Justice to take another look into the Chicago teen’s murder, is spearheading the effort to bring Fannie Lou Hamer’s story to life in a new documentary.
Key witness in Tardy murders suspect in triple homicide
A key witness for the state in the 1996 Tardy Furniture Store murders in Winona, is now a suspect in a triple homicide in Montgomery County. Odell Hallmon reportedly surrendered to authorities early Wednesday morning after allegedly shooting his child’s mother, Marquita Hill, 32; Hill’s mother, Carolyn Ann Sanders, 59, and another man, Kenneth Cornelious Loggins, 32, at another residence.
Diabetes control comes at high cost for many in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - For the past 18 years, Barney Shepherd, an 87-year-old World War II veteran from Philadelphia, has purchased a box of 22 glucose test strips to check his Type 2 diabetes for $25. When he wanted to increase the count to 50, the cost was $90. “That’s too high. And I don’t understand how they can do that,” Shepherd said. “A box of 50 should have been less than $50. I’m disabled. I can’t go to Meridian. I can’t go to Carthage.
Diabetes control comes at high cost for many in Mississippi
JACKSON -- For the past 18 years, Barney Shepherd, 87, a World War II veteran from Philadelphia, has bought a box of 22 glucose test strips to check his Type 2 diabetes for $25. When he wanted to increase the count to 50, the cost was $90. "That's too high. And I don't understand how they can do that," he said. "A box of 50 should have been less than $50. I'm disabled. I can't go to Meridian. I can't go to Carthage.
Educational failings hinder economic growth
The economic climate in the small town of Vaiden, in Carroll County, is not unlike every other poor municipality within the state. Deserted houses and abandoned buildings litter what would otherwise be a breathtaking landscape. But what compounds the tragedy in Vaiden is that both its elementary and high schools stand empty — a constant reminder of a once thriving past. And a clear indication of its future. A future devoid of expansion and hope.
No 7th trial for Curtis Flowers in quadruple murder
For some Mississippians, especially those in Montgomery County, the name Curtis Flowers evokes a haunting and eerie reflection. Flowers sits on death row convicted of killing four people, including his former boss, at Tardy Furniture Store in Winona in July 1996.
Victims’ families say ‘enough is enough’
Tuesday, July 16, 1996, was Robert Golden’s first day on the job at Tardy Furniture Store. And his last. Relative say Golden, who was born and raised in Winona, was a loving husband and a devoted father. And despite working a night job in Grenada, he’d found a second job, at Tardy Furniture, to support his wife, Shirley, and their two sons.
Mississippi ranks near top for inmate deaths
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How Mississippi and Emmett Till shaped the March on Washington
As many across the nation remain in shock and disbelief at the recent verdict in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, his case has become hauntingly reminiscent of another black teenager gunned down nearly 60 years ago, where his accusers also went forth free. The murder of Emmett Till is just as relevant today as it was in 1955 when his death not only sparked an avalanche of public outrage and fear across the South.
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