Finding Your Voice Through Fannie Lou Hamer (Virtual)
When:
Tuesday, Feb 15, 2022 3:00p -
4:30p
Tuesday, Feb 15, 2022 3:00p -
4:30p
Where:
Online event
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
History, Lectures & Conferences, Virtual & Streaming
Event website:
https://www.wgbh.org/events/fannie-lou-hamers-america-what-fannie-lou-hamer-means-today-virtual
"Fannie Lou Hamer's America: An America ReFramed Special" explores and celebrates the lesser-known life of a Mississippi sharecropper-turned-human-rights-activist and one of the Civil Rights Movement’s greatest leaders. Throughout the 1960s, Fannie Lou Hamer established a legacy of civil rights and human rights activism that remains relevant to this day – especially among Black youth.
What is Fannie Lou’s legacy of activism and what can young activists learn from her?
Featured Panelists:
- Keisha Blain, Award-winning Author & Historian
- Monica Land, Executive Producer and Hamer's Great-Niece
- Joy Davenport, Director and Editor
- Aunjanue Ellis, Oscar-nominated actress and Activist
Moderator: Erika Dilday, Executive Producer, America ReFramed
Additional guest speakers may join the panel. Event in partnership with Black Public Media.
“Fannie Lou Hamer's America” premieres 2/22 on PBS and 2/24 on WORLD Channel
Photo credit: AP Photo/William J. Smith
This virtual event will begin at 3pm Eastern Standard Time.
GBH encourages you to use Zoom Webinar to watch for this event. Zoom is free to the public but you will need to download it to your computer first. You can download Zoom here. If you already have Zoom, you will not need to download the platform again.
