On Thursday, October 6, 2016, the Hamer Institute will partner with the Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden and Museum Foundation in celebrating the 99th birthday of Fannie Lou Hamer in Ruleville, MS. Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights leader who was born and raised in Mississippi and was instrumental in forming the Mississippi Freedom...Read More

On Wednesday, October 5, 2016 at 10:00 am, The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO will unveil a COFO freedom trail marker. The Council of Federated Organizations (COFO) has been awarded a historic designation on the Mississippi Freedom Trail.  The Mississippi Freedom Trails program is a program of Visit Mississippi (Mississippi Development Authority/Division of Tourism)...Read More

On Wednesday, September 24, 2016, at 1:00 pm, in the Dollye M.E. Robinson Liberal Arts Building, room 166/266,  the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute and the Department of History and Philosophy will host an Authors Book Talk featuring Ibram X. Kendi and his book, Stamped From the Beginning. Young black men are 21 times more likely to be...Read More

The historic significance of the newest and 19th Smithsonian museum – and its importance to all Americans – will make this GRAND OPENING an unprecedented local, national and international event unlike any other opening of a cultural institution in America or globally in recent history. Across the country and around the world, watch parties and other signature events...Read More