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11 Must-See Stops on Mississippi’s Freedom Trail
From Hattiesburg to Jackson and beyond, experience monumental Civil Rights sites along the Mississippi Freedom Trail!
Celebrating Black History Month: How COFO helped the Mississippi civil rights movement
COFO. It stands for the Council of Federated Organizations and while many of you have never heard of it, COFO is an ...
Omo Moses’s ‘The White Peril’ tells a multigenerational story of activism and kinship, including his father, Bob Moses
Educator and author Omo Moses was born in 1972 in Tanzania, where his parents, Janet and Bob Moses, had moved in 1969. In the ...
The Clarion-Ledger1mon
President Biden awards nation's highest civilian honor to Mississippi-native Fannie Lou Hamer
"As a founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, she challenged the exclusion of Black voices in the political system and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act." U.S. House Rep.
Hillary Clinton, George Soros, and Denzel Washington Received the Highest U.S. Civilian Honor
WASHINGTON — In the East Room of the White House on a particularly frigid Saturday afternoon, President Joe Biden bestowed ...
The Washington Post1mon
Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Soros, Ralph Lauren and others
Fannie Lou Hamer: Hamer, who died in 1977, was a founder of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She challenged the exclusion of Black people in politics and helped press for the passage of ...
CBS News1mon
Magic Johnson, Hillary Clinton and Denzel Washington among 19 to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Robert F. Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Dallas Morning News1mon
Hillary Clinton, Michael J. Fox and Denzel Washington get Presidential Medal of Freedom
Robert F. Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The Columbian1mon
19 get Medal of Freedom, highest U.S. civilian honor
Robert F. Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Mercury News1mon
National Politics
Robert F. Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Orange County Register1mon
Hillary Clinton, George Soros, Denzel Washington receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Robert F. Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette1mon
Biden awards Medals of Freedom
Robert F. Kennedy; Ash Carter, a former secretary of defense; and Fannie Lou Hamer, who founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and laid the groundwork for the 1965 Voting Rights Act.