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Civil Rights Movement

“A Deeper Place in Themselves”

This Little Light of Mine: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer. By Kay Mills. Dutton.$24.00. A Taste of Power: A Black Woman's Story. By Elaine Brown. Pantheon. $25.00. To understand Fannie Lou Hamer and Elaine Brown, one has to go back to the road leadi [...]

The Journey to School Integration

Whenever I see sheets drying on the line or smell gumbo simmering on the stove, a flood of memories comes to me. In 1953 when I traveled in the rural South with a group of students, we received the generosity of strangers—African Americans who took us in when there were no places for nonwhites to eat or sleep.

Interview With Oliver W. Hill

On February 5, 2003, Oliver W. Hill was honored as Virginian of the Year. At the ceremony Hill (in wheelchair) received a standing ovation from Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine (second from right) and members of the State Senate at the capitol in Richmond. (By Ste [...]