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Anne Arundel Trailblazers Honored for Leadership in Civil and Human Rights
Chosen from across Anne Arundel County, six trailblazing women and one man will be honored during the 25th annual Fannie…
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WILLIAMS: A ‘Dirty’ Word?
Ambition is not a dirty word. Instead of viewing the concept or quality of ambition through the lens of negativity,…
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THE RELIGION CORNER: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story
Hamer dedicated her life to the fight for civil rights.
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One-Woman Play Revives Spirit and Mission of Fannie Lou Hamer
For actress Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye, educating, motivating and assisting unregistered voters has developed into an almost 20-year project – best…
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BAILEY: Guidance from Wise, Courageous Ancestral Warriors
If we, as people of African descent, had paid more attention to and agreed upon the guidance and advice from…
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Phenomenal Women: Fannie Lou Hamer
Mississippi native Fannie Lou Hamer, co-founder and vice chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, was a voting and women's rights…
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EDITOR’S COLUMN: Dear Mr. President, Everyday People Need the Whole Truth
As I continue to listen to the president boast time and time again about America's surging economy and the profits…
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Film Festival Pays Tribute to Fannie Lou Hamer
In commemoration of what would have been her 100th birthday, the legacy of late civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer…
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Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer—Part II
by Marsha Rose Joyner Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Freedom Summer 1964: It seems that all of…
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Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer—Part I
By Marsha Rose Joyner Special to the NNPA from The Afro (The Afro)—“History does not refer merely, or even principally,…
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