Images of the book cover for "Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer," Kate Clifford Larson, and Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead

Lowell Lecture

Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer

Date & Time

March 16, 2022 at 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Location

John F. Kennedy Library
Columbia Point Boston, MA 02125
Driving Directions

Speaker(s)

Kate Clifford Larson and Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead

Presenting Organization

John F. Kennedy Library

Topics

History

Contact

Kennedy Library Forums (jfkforums@nara.gov, 617-514-1643)

Kate Clifford Larson, visiting scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center, discusses her new book Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer which draws on new interviews and fresh archival material to explore Hamer’s life and impact on the civil rights movement. Karsonya (Kaye) Wise Whitehead, professor of communication and African and African American studies at Loyola University Maryland, moderates.