Maxine Waters was a surprise speaker Monday night to open up the Democratic National Convention in Chicago ... who fought for a seat at the 1964 convention, Waters brought the moment full circle ...

Multiple speakers at the Democratic National Convention have mentioned Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil rights activist who gave a landmark speech at the convention in 1964. Hamer was a former ...

Waters, 86, told the story of Hamer, a Black activist from Mississippi who fought for a seat at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. She brought the moment full circle to Harris, who is the ...