A renowned Harriet Tubman biographer will present her newest book in Auburn on Thursday as the first of three events in a local museum's 2024 speaker series.

Kate Clifford Larson will give a lecture about "Walk With Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer" from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9, at Auburn Public Theater, 8 Exchange St., Auburn.

“I wanted to to run with someone who would put a smile on the face of Fannie Lou Hamer and Martin Luther ... and our people can live and walk freely, comes with me into this race.” ...

“I wanted to to run with someone who would put a smile on the face of Fannie Lou Hamer and Martin Luther ... and our people can live and walk freely, comes with me into this race.” ...

In that moment, I didn’t really recognize when people weren’t listening to me because I was young ... and civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Amid overwhelming challenges, there ...

“I wanted to to run with someone who would put a smile on the face of Fannie Lou Hamer and Martin Luther ... and our people can live and walk freely, comes with me into this race.” ...

Fannie Lou Hamer didn’t know she had the right to vote until she was 44. It was 1962 in the Jim Crow South, and poll taxes, literacy tests and other discriminatory, often violent practices ...

Fannie Lou Hamer didn’t know she had the right to vote until she was 44. It was 1962 in the Jim Crow South, and poll taxes, literacy tests and other discriminatory, often violent practices ...

With Jacob Stallings at the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning and two outs in a scoreless game, it appeared that the Rockies catcher either hit a walk-off home run or at least a double as ...

It wasn’t called voter suppression back then, but civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer knew exactly how white authorities in Mississippi felt about Black people voting in the 1960s.

For their walk, Waterhouse sported a baggy pair of black slacks and a long knit cardigan over a button-up. For extra warmth, the “Faded” singer layered another small zip-up jacket on top ...