Civil Rights Veterans Jimmy Travis (blue overalls) and Hollis Watkins (khaki outfit) joins Hamer family and friends at The Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden on Hamer's 90th birthday.
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John Milton Wesley addresses students from MS Valley State University
during "Education Is Essential" Day at the Sunflower County Library in
Indianola, MS as part of ROAR'S 8th Annual Fannie Lou Hamer Celebration
HAMER ADAMS DEVINE HUMANITARIAN SERVICE AWARDS
Dr. Ron V. Myers (founder of National Juneteenth Observance
Foundation) played his composition "Fannie Lou" during a
tribute to Mrs. Hamer
Hakim Johnson (son of the late civil rights veteran, Ms. June E. Johnson)
accepts The Hamer Adams Devine Humanitarian Services Award,
posthumously, on her behalf. Mr. Ned Tolliver, Jr. and Mr. Roosevelt Grenell
received the "Amzie Moore Agent for Change Award". Both men were the first
black elected officials in Cleveland, MS, home of Amzie Moore. Mr. Reuben
Smith received an award of appreciation for his Civil Rights Activism while
working with Amzie Moore, Fannie Lou Hamer and numerous other veterans
on October 7, 2007 at Delta State University's Jobe Hall in Cleveland, MS. This
event was co-sponsored by DSU Delta Center for Cultural & Learnig.
Momma Kemba performed as Fannie Lou Hamer at Delta State University's Jobe Hall as part of ROAR'S 8th Annual Hamer celebration just prior to the Inaugural H.A.D. Humanitarian Service Awards Program
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