Fannie Lou
"You've Struck a Rock"
The Foot Soldiers Class of 1964
Powerful Black Women
Cynthia Griggs Fleming
100

The event that sparked Fannie Lou's deep involvement in the Civil Rights Movement

Being fired and evicted for trying to register to vote

100

They started the Montgomery bus boycott! 


Hint: It's not who you think : ) 

WPC The Women's Political Council

100

The Foot Soldiers of 1964 were mainly students from this Alabama city, known for its key role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Birmingham

100

“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 

100

Black women activists in SNCC had to confront ________ from white society

Racism 

200

The major civil rights organization Fannie Lou Hamer worked with 

Hint: Starts with Students 

SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)

200

The Montgomery boycott happened before Rosa Parks’s act of resistance. True or False 

False 

200

The Foot Soldiers Class of 1964 courageously marched and protested to demand this basic democratic right

The Right to vote 

200

This determined young girl grows and sells maize to pay for her own education after her family prioritizes her brother’s schooling.

Tambudzai (Tambu)

200

Cynthia Griggs Fleming emphasizes Black women's critical role in ________ organizing in the SNCC

Grassroots 

300

The modern movement that shares similarities with Hamer’s activism

Hint: Showcases ADW concept of Resistance 

Black Lives Matter movement

300

The most memorable and/or favored ADW professor

Professor Merketa 

300

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 

300

These two female cousins resist patriarchal and colonial expectations in different ways—one through quiet determination, the other through open rebellion.

Tambu and Nyasha

300

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 

400

The method Fannie Lou Hamer chose to bring national attention to voter suppression

Testifying at the 1964 Democratic National Convention

400

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 ? 

400

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 

400

A powerful voice in Pan-Africanism, she co-founded the Organization of Women of African and Asian Descent in Britain

Claudia Jones 

400

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

500

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

500

The phrase “You strike a woman, you strike a rock” inspired this annual holiday in South Africa honoring women’s contributions.

National Womens Day 

500

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 

500

Cynthia Griggs Fleming's writing highlights that Black women in SNCC held significant __ roles

Leadership Roles

500

While advocating for racial equality, this leader later moved towards a message of Black nationalism and self-reliance

Malcolm X