The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee will honor 17 Anne Arundel women at its 29th annual Fannie Lou Hamer Awards on Sunday. The nominees come from various racial backgrounds, excel in their chosen ...

Civil rights crusader Fannie Lou Hamer rivaled Martin Luther King Jr. in her command of audiences. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...

Great orators, such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had preceded her, but none were as captivating as Fannie Lou Hamer, a black, uneducated sharecropper who described being beaten in jail, losing ...

The Annapolis-based Martin Luther King Jr. Committee Inc., founded in 1988, hosts two major events each year: The Fannie Lou Hamer Reception and annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards Dinner.

The Fannie Lou Hamer Awards Reception will honor 25 trailblazing women from Anne Arundel County on Sunday at an event in Annapolis. ... and Martin Luther King Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign.

On a national political stage, Fannie Lou Hamer delivers her most stirring speech. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Joseph L. Rauh, Jr. introduce Fannie Lou Hamer at the 1964 Democratic National ...

Every American learns about the work of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr in their school’s curriculum. But there are countless Civil Rights activists and revolutionaries left out of the ...

The previous winners were Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Bunche. October 10, 1871: Octavius Catto, a 32-year-old educator and civil rights activist, was assassinated during an election day ...

When you hear stories about the civil rights movement in the '50s and '60s, it mainly revolves around figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and Medgar and Myrlie Evers. But ...

Civil rights crusader Fannie Lou Hamer rivaled Martin Luther King Jr. in her command of audiences. Accessibility statement Skip to main content Democracy Dies in Darkness ...