Amelia Boyton. Fannie Lou Hamer. Diane Nash. Rita Schwerner. Annie Lee Cooper. Coretta Scott King. Viola Liuzzo. In the early 1960s, these courageous women activists joined Rev. Dr. Martin Luther […]
Author: Anne Rooney
Anne Rooney is a nurse, international health care consultant, and writer with a strong interest in social justice, women’s issues and improving health care in developing countries. She is based in the Chicago area.
50 Years Ago Today, Fannie Lou Hamer Spoke Out for Freedom
On August 22, 1964, as the Mississippi Summer Freedom Project (Freedom Summer) was well into its third month of voter registration drives among African American citizens in Mississippi, civil rights […]