INAUGURAL YEAR: June 9 – June 12, 2022 After multiple attempts over many years, on June 9, 2022, a Mississippi Department of Archives and History historical marker was unveiled during a ceremony at the corner of Oak Drive and Sterling Avenue in Winona, Mississippi on the site of the old Montgomery County Jail in honor of Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer and the other civil rights heroes that were beaten there in 1963. The searing trauma of Winona was always present in Mrs. Hamer’s speechmaking, teachings, and in her oral histories. The beating also catalyzed her activism. The city of Winona had said little, if anything, about the horrific beatings that happened in its community. Fifty-nine years later, that silence was broken…