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Fannie Lou Hamer’s statue at the Memorial Park in Ruleville. Photo by Bryan Davis/Emmerich Newspapers/Copyright 2024

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Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer: Monica Land, niece of the famed Civil Rights activist and Ruleville native pays tribute to her aunt
By MONICA LAND
Thu,06/27/24-12:41PM , 3,439 Reads 56,320 Statewide
Everything I know about Fannie Lou Hamer, I learned from someone else. And that will forever haunt me as a tremendous loss of opportunity considering that she was my great-aunt.
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Charles McLaurin talks about the legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer during a panel discussion last weekend at Historic Club Ebony. Photo by Bryan Davis/Emmerich Newspapers/Copyright 2024

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Freedom Summer at 60: The Story Behind the Strategy That Opened Mississippi to the World
By BRYAN DAVIS - THE ENTERPRISE-TOCSIN
Wed,06/26/24-12:01AM , 3,520 Reads 68,426 Statewide

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Jack Bishop, center, reconnects with Freedom Summer volunteers Len Edwards, Brooks Smith, Christopher Hexter and Charles McLaurin during the Freedom 60 Conference at Historic Club Ebony this past weekend. Photo by Bryan Davis/Emmerich Newspapers/Copyright 2024

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Freedom Summer At 60: Jack Bishop Welcomes Old Friends Back to Sunflower County
By BRYAN DAVIS - THE ENTERPRISE-TOCSIN
Tue,06/25/24-6:21PM , 3,358 Reads 54,099 Statewide
Jack Bishop does not believe in coincidences.
That is true today, and it was true 60 years ago, when the Sunflower County native first met a group of Freedom Summer volunteers in Ruleville. The conversations and events of that summer would change Bishop’s life and perspective forever.
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Freedom Summer volunteer Bright Winn speaks during the Freedom 60 Conference that was held at Historic Club Ebony this past Friday and Saturday. Photo by Bryan Davis/Emmerich Newspapers/Copyright 2024

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Freedom Summer at 60: Volunteer Bright Winn Recalls One-Year Stay in Sunflower County
By BRYAN DAVIS - THE ENTERPRISE-TOCSIN
Mon,06/24/24-4:51PM , 3,482 Reads 50,577 Statewide

Fred Bright Winn was a teenager in San Francisco, California, when he was first introduced to his bi-racial 4-year-old half-sister.
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