DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED     The 2015 Fannie Lou Hamer Humanitarian Awards Luncheon Press Release The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO Will Honor Five (5) Exceptional Citizens   The Fannie Lou Hamer National Institute on Citizenship and Democracy will recognize six agents of change during the 2015 Fannie Lou...Read More

  On February 19, 1965, Malcom X was brutally gunned down in New York City at the Audubon Ballroom in upper Manhattan.  He had been a member of the Nation of Islam (NOI) recruiting thousands of new members and building chapters throughout the country.  After leaving the NOI, he founded the Muslim Mosque Incorporated and...Read More

  Public History Forum:  The Growth of African American Focused Museums in the 21st Century October 7, 2014, 6 p.m. @ the COFO Complex This panel will discuss the growing field of museum-related opportunities in Mississippi as well as the importance of collections, fundraising, exhibitions, and museum education.  Participants will be exposed to the critical...Read More

  The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute @ COFO Presents the 31st  Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Symposium: “Remembering the Testimony at the Credentials Committee: A Testimony of Faith, Freedom and First Class Citizenship”   In 1964 Fannie Lou Hamer testified before the Democratic Party’s Credentials Committee about the suffering of African-Americans and those willing to...Read More

“Jackson State University to Hosts National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on Mississippi Civil Rights” Through a competitive process, faculty from Jackson State University, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Tougaloo College, and Southwest Minnesota State University, who make up the Fannie Lou Hamer Institute on Citizenship and Democracy, were awarded a grant supported by the National...Read More