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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]