Joy Reid, Host of MSNBC’s AM Joy, will provide a special introduction and Marypat Hector, nationally recognized youth activist, will moderate a panel discussion after the performance The murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and George Floyd have sparked global protests, elicited calls for record voter turnout in the 2020 Elections, and amplified the voices […]
Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye’s One-Woman Play: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story Visits Atlanta
The 58th Annual Session of The Progressive National Baptist Convention will feature the award-winning musical theatrical tribute to voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer Award-winning singer, actress, and playwright, Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye will return to Atlanta for a performance of her acclaimed stage play about civil rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer, during the 58th Annual […]
Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye’s One-Woman Play: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story, Adds LA Dates
LOS ANGELES – Moved by award-winning singer, actress, and playwright, Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye’s riveting performance of her acclaimed stage play about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME) Pastor J. Edgar Boyd urged the audience to help promote the play because of its “social redemption value.” FAME members delivered, providing […]
Black Women Vote in Higher Numbers Than Any Other Demographic
By Bonnie Petrie, WUWM – Glynda Carr of Higher Heights for America says that shouldn’t be surprising. Black women have a long tradition of political activism, she says, “From Harriet Tubman who walked so that Sojourner Truth could stand and say, ‘Ain’t I a woman,’ to Fannie Lou Hamer who was able to say, ‘I’m […]
