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It was an impressive showing for Pittsburgh as three artists and one historian from the Steel City were named 2022 Guggenheim Fellows. The announcement came Thursday night and among the winners was an artist whose sign — “There Are Black People In The Future” — created excitement and controversy when
Fannie Lou Hamer was one of the prominent voices of the civil rights era, bloodied in the fight for voting rights. The daughter of Mississippi sharecroppers called out police brutality and economic inequality on a national stage. In "Fannie Lou Hamer’s America" Chicago director Joy Davenport takes us through Hamer's story in her own voice with some never-before-seen photos and rare footage of her family.
"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)Jo