Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist who used singing to promote community and fight for voting rights. Hamer's life and legacy are celebrated in the new Kentucky Opera production, "This ...

Kentucky Opera will premiere its first commissioned opera in over 25 years, "This Little Light of Mine," a new work inspired by the life and legacy of civil rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer. Composed by ...

DALLAS — This weekend, a voting rights history lesson is coming to the IM Terrell Performing Arts Center in Fort Worth. Supporters insist that the one-woman stage play will uplift the audience, even ...

This one-woman play follows the life of Fannie Lou Hamer. Let It Shine: A Visit with Fannie Lou Hamer, a one-woman play written by Frank Khun and starring Sharon Miles, follows Hamer from humble ...

The voice of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer greeted downtown record shop GRAILS’ soundscape Monday, and it wasn’t in the form of speeches, or interviews. It was through song. Hamer’s singing ...

Opera often has the reputation of being an elitist, archaic art form with little relevance to modern political life. Especially when many classic operas center around mortally ill, fragile female ...

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV Civil rights legend Fannie Lou Hamer is remembered by those how worked side by side with her in the ...

Learn about Fannie Lou Hamer, a voting rights activist whose vision for an inclusive political future laid the groundwork for the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. By Keisha N. Blain, an ...

The story of civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer is being told in the opera, “Is This America?” by composer Mary D. Watkins. Performances will take place Sept. 20, 21 & 22 at the Strand Theatre in ...