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 ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 ... with an explanation that would become a familiar refrain in her Civil Rights speeches: “I didn’t go down there to register for you.

“NO one is free until everyone is free” is a quote from a speech by the American civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer at the founding of the National Women’s Political Caucus in 197 ...

Fannie Lou Hamer was born in 1917 ... with an explanation that would become a familiar refrain in her Civil Rights speeches: “I didn’t go down there to register for you.