Fannie Lou
The event that sparked Fannie Lou's deep involvement in the Civil Rights Movement
Being fired and evicted for trying to register to vote
They started the Montgomery bus boycott!
Hint: It's not who you think : )
WPC The Women's Political Council
The Foot Soldiers of 1964 were mainly students from this Alabama city, known for its key role in the Civil Rights Movement.
Birmingham
“You’ve Struck a Rock” draws a powerful comparison between South African women’s resistance and women’s activism in this one country
The United States
Black women activists in SNCC had to confront ________ from white society
Racism
The major civil rights organization Fannie Lou Hamer worked with
Hint: Starts with Students
SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)
The Montgomery boycott happened before Rosa Parks’s act of resistance. True or False
False
The Foot Soldiers Class of 1964 courageously marched and protested to demand this basic democratic right
The Right to vote
This determined young girl grows and sells maize to pay for her own education after her family prioritizes her brother’s schooling.
Tambudzai (Tambu)
Cynthia Griggs Fleming emphasizes Black women's critical role in ________ organizing in the SNCC
Grassroots
The modern movement that shares similarities with Hamer’s activism
Hint: Showcases ADW concept of Resistance
Black Lives Matter movement
The most memorable and/or favored ADW professor
Professor Merketa
These Women were granted the right to vote after tiresly protesting but managed to leave an entire community of Black women to fight for themselves in the name of voting
White Women
These two female cousins resist patriarchal and colonial expectations in different ways—one through quiet determination, the other through open rebellion.
Tambu and Nyasha
Fleming's research sheds light on the "dual challenges" faced by Black women activists, which were rooted in these two forms of oppression.
Racism and sexism
The method Fannie Lou Hamer chose to bring national attention to voter suppression
Testifying at the 1964 Democratic National Convention
This powerful phrase was chanted by South African women in 1956 after marching against pass laws, symbolizing their strength and resilience.
You strike a woman, you strike a rock ?
Though often left out of history books, women like these led planning efforts, fed marchers, and trained young protestors in nonviolent resistance.
Grassroots women of Civil Rights Movement
A powerful voice in Pan-Africanism, she co-founded the Organization of Women of African and Asian Descent in Britain
Claudia Jones
The group was known for advocating for Black self-determination and, at times, using more confrontational tactics. This organization was prominent in the later years of the movement.
The Black Panther Party
Fannie Lou Hamer described her experience with injustice in her famous quote saying this legendary statement
Hint: She's sick and tired of....
I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired
The phrase “You strike a woman, you strike a rock” inspired this annual holiday in South Africa honoring women’s contributions.
National Womens Day
This woman’s powerful testimony at the 1964 Democratic National Convention gave a voice to many Black women fighting for voting rights.
Hint: we just talked about her
Fannie Lou
Cynthia Griggs Fleming's writing highlights that Black women in SNCC held significant __ roles
Leadership Roles
While advocating for racial equality, this leader later moved towards a message of Black nationalism and self-reliance
Malcolm X