Finding Your Voice Through Fannie Lou Hamer
"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.
The virtual panel will see actress Aunjanue Ellis ("Sunflower: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story," "King Richard") and author Dr. Keisha Blain ("Until I Am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America") join Hamer’s great-niece Monica Land and director Joy Davenport in a conversation moderated by AMERICA REFRAMED Executive Producer Erika Dilday.
The event is open to the public and presented in partnership with Black Public Media, will explore Hamer’s legacy of activism and what can young activists learn from her.
Feb. 15, 2022 at Noon PT (3 p.m. ET)
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The film premieres Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encores Wednesday, Feb 23 at 9 p.m. & Saturday, Feb. 26 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand with the PBS Video App
A copresentation of WORLD Channel, PBS andBlack Public Media.