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This Freedom Fighter is from Ruleville, Mississippi. They were very active in the struggle for voting rights and adamant that communities needed to be able to support themselves. They started a pig bank.
Fannie Lou Hamer
This Freedom Fighter was from Cleveland, MS. He traveled over seas to serve in the US army. When he returned, he joined the civil rights movement. This freedom fighter trained SNCC workers. He fought for Black people to get the right to vote, as well as fighting for public housing.
Amzie Moore
This Freedom Fighter desegregated Ole Miss.
James Meredith
This Freedom Fighter was a member of the Black Panther Party. She believed in the BPP 10 point program, which called for fair housing, food, an end to police brutality, and economic justice. She was unjustly framed for the murder of a police officer and sentenced to life in prison. She was the first woman to ever be placed on the FBI most wanted list. She escaped from prison and now lives in Cuba.
Assata Shakur
How many mcdonalds points does Denver have?
28,000
This freedom song was Fannie Lou Hamer's favorite freedom song.
This Little Light of Mine
This Freedom Fighter was the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize.
Toni Morrison
This Freedom Fighter led the struggle to unionize Amazon. He has spoken widely about the power and importance of workers - he often says, "stronger together" and "solidarity forever"
Chris Smalls
This Freedom Fighter was a founding member of Asian Americans for Action. They believed deeply in the idea of solidarity, and participated in many different struggles for justice. One of the most famous is her work with the Black Power movement and Malcolm X.
Yuri Kochiyama
This Freedom Fighter is hanging on the wall in the lobby.
Fannie Lou Hamer
This freedom fighter said, "When I began to write, I was thinking, suppose I just wrote for my neighborhood and just that, and it just opened up everything. It was clearer, it was pointed”
Toni Morrison
This Freedom Fighter started the Freedom Schools & the Algebra Project.
Bob Moses
This Freedom Fighter said, “I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera.”
Gordon Parks
This Freedom Fighter led a march called "The March Against Fear"
James Meredith
This person is the governor of Mississippi
100 bonus points for his nickname
tate reeves
These two freedom fighters were best friends
Unita Blackwell & Fannie Lou Hamer
This Freedom Fighter was originally from Centreville, MS and attended Tougaloo College. They were active during Freedom Summer, and worked at the Canton Freedom House.
Anne Moody
This Freedom Fighter was the first Black mayor in Mississippi. They were arrested over 70 times during the struggle for voting rights.
Unita Blackwell
Explain what the Rainbow Coalition was and what they did.
Which freedom song says, "marching onto freedom land"
turn me around
This Freedom Fighter said, “I’m not going to die on no airplane. I’m not going to die slipping on no ice. I’m going to die for the people because I’m going to live for the people. I’m going to live for the people because I love the people.”
Fred Hampton
What is the first verse of Lift Every Voice and Sing?
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This Freedom Fighter worked for the NAACP in Jackson, MS. He was active during the civil rights movement, and vocal about the need for voting rights for the Black community.
He said, "freedom has never been free"
Medgar Evers
What is solidarity?
Solidarity means people of different groups and races who work together for a common cause. Solidarity also means we are stronger when we work as a collective than when we work as individuals.
What are all of the lyrics to Paul and Silas
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