Fannie Lou Hamer

FSU team earns Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns prize for Fannie Lou Hamer film

Published: November 18, 2020 | 12:01 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

“Fannie Lou Hamer’s America” won Best TV Feature Documentary or Mini-Series at the 38th Annual International Documentary Association (IDA) Awards.

A new national fellowship will help a Florida State University alumna tell the story of Fannie Lou Hamer via documentary, an important addition to the growing body of work at Florida State aimed at shedding light on the civil rights activist. Joy Elaine Davenport, a two-time graduate of the School of Communication, is one of […]

FSU professor’s research spurs educational curriculum

Published: August 21, 2019 | 3:21 pm | Posted in: Arts & Humanities

A Florida State University professor’s research has inspired a new K-12 school curriculum about 1960s Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Davis Houck, FSU’s Fannie Lou Hamer Professor of Rhetorical Studies in the College of Communication and Information, helped develop the educational program about Hamer’s life with assistance from Mississippi schoolteachers, historians and Maegan Parker Brooks, assistant professor at Willamette University in Salem, […]

FSU professor leads mission to teach civil rights history to students and teachers in the Mississippi Delta

Published: July 12, 2018 | 2:41 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Davis W. Houck is Florida State University’s Fannie Lou Hamer Professor of Rhetorical Studies.

A Florida State University professor is leading an effort to bring to life and celebrate the powerful contributions of 1960s civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, while empowering youth through the art of filmmaking. Davis W. Houck, FSU’s Fannie Lou Hamer Professor of Rhetorical Studies in the College of Communication and Information, helped conduct a […]

50 years later: FSU professor reflects on how MLK, RFK assassinations changed civil rights movement

Published: March 23, 2018 | 10:34 am | Posted in: Education & Society, Expert Pitches

Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in August 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

In the midst of an eventful decade for the United States, 1968 proved to be one of the most tumultuous years in history. With the deaths of Martin Luther King Jr. (April 4, 1968) and Robert F. Kennedy (June 5, 1968) occurring only two months apart, the civil rights movement experienced a drastic shift. As […]

FSU professor offers expertise on project honoring civil rights icon

Published: February 22, 2018 | 10:50 am | Posted in: University News

Professor Davis Houck is Florida State University’s Fannie Lou Hamer Professor of Rhetorical Studies.

Davis W. Houck, Florida State University’s Fannie Lou Hamer Professor of Rhetorical Studies, is offering his expertise to help guide the production of a new documentary and curriculum about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Houck, whose research interests include the Black Freedom Movement, is teaming up with Tougaloo College in Mississippi and the Kellogg […]

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