Friday, November 7, 2008
Election Results!!!!!!
Im happy to say that Barack Obama has been elected President of the United States. I was anticipating all night long to see who would be the next president. This is history in making and Im glad that there is a African American male President. America is waiting to see what Barack Obama what changes Barack will make for our country. I hope he will allow more job opportunities for people of all ages. I hope he will take down prices in the economy. Also allow college tuition for college students. I hope he will make it easier for working class families. Obama is the new president and I hope he will make changes needed because America is counting on him. i know that he will do what's needed to be done.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Final Draft for NHD
Lauren Wesley
Final Draft
Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer was born on a plantation in the Mississippi hill country in 1918, the last of twenty children. Fannie Lou Hamer's parents, who were sharecroppers, moved to Sunflower County, Mississippi, when she was two years old. Due to the economic circumstances in which the family lived, Hamer received only six years of formal education. Education at that time was considered secondary to work; nevertheless, Fannie lou Hamer states, and I quote "When I was a child, I loved to read." In fact, she learned to read real well when she was going to school." Fannie lou Hamer continued farming until the 1960s. Mrs. Hamer became a participant of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC in 1962. As a result of Fannie Lou Hamer becoming a civil rights activist, she became a leading figure in the organization of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. As a member of the party, she attended the 1964 National Democratic Convention to challenge the seating of Mississippi's Regular Democratic Party.
Mrs. Hamer traveled widely on behalf of the civil rights movement. She made addresses in many major cities and colleges in the United States. On August 31, she traveled on a rented bus with other attendees of Rev. Bevel's sermon to Indianola, Mississippi to register. On June 9, 1963, Hamer was on her way to Charleston, South Carolina, with other activists for a SNCC conference. When the group stopped in Winona, Mississippi the group was arrested on a false charge and jailed by white policemen. Once in jail, Hamer and her colleagues were beaten savagely by the police, almost to the point of death. Two highway policemen ordered Negro’s to beat her. The pain was unbearable.
Fannie lou hamer was involved in various projects. Hamer worked to help the poor of Ruleville, while in fact, she was still poor herself. In the following nine years she raised money for low-income housing, started a day-care center, which still bears her name, and made plans for a garment factory to provide jobs, which she ran unsuccessfully for the Mississippi state senate in 1971. Her most cherished project was the Freedom Farm Cooperative. Hamer's favorite quote was, "if you give a hungry man food, he will eat it." If you give him land, he will grow his own food." During speaking engagements around the country , she would promote the project and ask for donations.
In the summer of 1964 Fannie Lou Hamer did voter registration and having mass meetings trying to get more people involved and bringing more people out--adults, because at that time, there was no such thing as the eighteen-year-old vote. Hamer was also involved in the freedom school, they'd teach because there were lot of people that couldn't [read]. Most of the time Hamer wouldn't attend the school sessions because she was on the road most of the time.
Fannie Lou Hamer brought a Head Start program to her local community, to form a local Pig Bank cooperative in (1968) with the guidance of the National Council of Negro Women, and later found the Freedom Farm Cooperative (1969). She helped found the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971, speaking for inclusion of racial issues in the feminist agenda. In 1964, presidential elections were being held. In an effort to focus greater national attention on voting discrimination, civil rights groups created the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Its purpose was to challenge the all-white Mississippi delegation on the grounds that it didn't fairly represent all citizens of Mississippi, since most black people had not been allowed to vote.
After all the fighting, and motivation Fannie Lou Hamer and others were able to reach a compromise. That gave voting and speaking rights to two delegates from the MFDP and seated the others as honored guests. The Democrats agreed that in the future, no delegation would be seated from a state where anyone was illegally denied the vote. A year later, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act.
Years later Fannie Lou Hamer suffered from breast cancer, diabetes, and heart problems. Fannie Lou Hamer died in Mississippi in 1977. Before she past she was able to publish a book entitled, "To Praise Our Bridges": An Autobiograpy in 1967. Fannie Lou Hamer is a inspiration to today’s society because she and other civil right activist gave African Americans rights that were never possible to fulfill. She was able to prove that with effort, hard work, and a supporting team behind you, anything is possible. Just a few days ago, America declared Barack Obama (African American) to be president of the United States of America. Without people like Fannie Lou Hamer, his presidency wouldn’t exist. I’m admired by Mrs. Hamer because, she makes me think that one day, I could be the next African American women in office.
Final Draft
Fannie Lou Hamer
Fannie Lou Hamer was born on a plantation in the Mississippi hill country in 1918, the last of twenty children. Fannie Lou Hamer's parents, who were sharecroppers, moved to Sunflower County, Mississippi, when she was two years old. Due to the economic circumstances in which the family lived, Hamer received only six years of formal education. Education at that time was considered secondary to work; nevertheless, Fannie lou Hamer states, and I quote "When I was a child, I loved to read." In fact, she learned to read real well when she was going to school." Fannie lou Hamer continued farming until the 1960s. Mrs. Hamer became a participant of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC in 1962. As a result of Fannie Lou Hamer becoming a civil rights activist, she became a leading figure in the organization of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. As a member of the party, she attended the 1964 National Democratic Convention to challenge the seating of Mississippi's Regular Democratic Party.
Mrs. Hamer traveled widely on behalf of the civil rights movement. She made addresses in many major cities and colleges in the United States. On August 31, she traveled on a rented bus with other attendees of Rev. Bevel's sermon to Indianola, Mississippi to register. On June 9, 1963, Hamer was on her way to Charleston, South Carolina, with other activists for a SNCC conference. When the group stopped in Winona, Mississippi the group was arrested on a false charge and jailed by white policemen. Once in jail, Hamer and her colleagues were beaten savagely by the police, almost to the point of death. Two highway policemen ordered Negro’s to beat her. The pain was unbearable.
Fannie lou hamer was involved in various projects. Hamer worked to help the poor of Ruleville, while in fact, she was still poor herself. In the following nine years she raised money for low-income housing, started a day-care center, which still bears her name, and made plans for a garment factory to provide jobs, which she ran unsuccessfully for the Mississippi state senate in 1971. Her most cherished project was the Freedom Farm Cooperative. Hamer's favorite quote was, "if you give a hungry man food, he will eat it." If you give him land, he will grow his own food." During speaking engagements around the country , she would promote the project and ask for donations.
In the summer of 1964 Fannie Lou Hamer did voter registration and having mass meetings trying to get more people involved and bringing more people out--adults, because at that time, there was no such thing as the eighteen-year-old vote. Hamer was also involved in the freedom school, they'd teach because there were lot of people that couldn't [read]. Most of the time Hamer wouldn't attend the school sessions because she was on the road most of the time.
Fannie Lou Hamer brought a Head Start program to her local community, to form a local Pig Bank cooperative in (1968) with the guidance of the National Council of Negro Women, and later found the Freedom Farm Cooperative (1969). She helped found the National Women's Political Caucus in 1971, speaking for inclusion of racial issues in the feminist agenda. In 1964, presidential elections were being held. In an effort to focus greater national attention on voting discrimination, civil rights groups created the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Its purpose was to challenge the all-white Mississippi delegation on the grounds that it didn't fairly represent all citizens of Mississippi, since most black people had not been allowed to vote.
After all the fighting, and motivation Fannie Lou Hamer and others were able to reach a compromise. That gave voting and speaking rights to two delegates from the MFDP and seated the others as honored guests. The Democrats agreed that in the future, no delegation would be seated from a state where anyone was illegally denied the vote. A year later, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act.
Years later Fannie Lou Hamer suffered from breast cancer, diabetes, and heart problems. Fannie Lou Hamer died in Mississippi in 1977. Before she past she was able to publish a book entitled, "To Praise Our Bridges": An Autobiograpy in 1967. Fannie Lou Hamer is a inspiration to today’s society because she and other civil right activist gave African Americans rights that were never possible to fulfill. She was able to prove that with effort, hard work, and a supporting team behind you, anything is possible. Just a few days ago, America declared Barack Obama (African American) to be president of the United States of America. Without people like Fannie Lou Hamer, his presidency wouldn’t exist. I’m admired by Mrs. Hamer because, she makes me think that one day, I could be the next African American women in office.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Annotation#5
Rubel, David: Fannie Lou Hamer: From Sharecropping to Politics.
This biography is for the younger viewers, as they look closer into the life of Fannie lou Hamer (one of the first black organizers of voter registration in Mississippi). The book is an overview of the civil rights movement while describing in full detail her life in Mississippi. Fannie lou Hamer's book also explains her involvement in voter rights in 1962 at the age of 45, and her efforts as a civil rights activist during the remaining 15 years of her life. Highlights include the following: (1) childhood as the twentieth child of sharecropper parents; (2) young and middle adulthood as a plantation worker; (3) successful registration to vote, after two earlier attempts, in 1963; (4) work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); (5) membership in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP); (6) testimony before the Democratic National Convention in 1964; (7) receipt of a standing ovation at the Democratic National Convention in 1968, and election as a Democratic national committeewoman; (8) purchase of land for and founding of the Freedom Farm Cooperative in 1969; and (9) an unsuccessful 1971 bid for a seat in the Mississippi State Senate. The book includes a civil rights movement time line, a timetable of events in Fannie Lou Hamer's life, suggested reading, and a list of 15 sources.
This timeline/ biography of Fannie Lou Hamer is useful to my NHD project because it gives a brief summary of Fannie Lou Hamer's childhood, accomplishments, sacrafices, and overall life experiences.
This biography is for the younger viewers, as they look closer into the life of Fannie lou Hamer (one of the first black organizers of voter registration in Mississippi). The book is an overview of the civil rights movement while describing in full detail her life in Mississippi. Fannie lou Hamer's book also explains her involvement in voter rights in 1962 at the age of 45, and her efforts as a civil rights activist during the remaining 15 years of her life. Highlights include the following: (1) childhood as the twentieth child of sharecropper parents; (2) young and middle adulthood as a plantation worker; (3) successful registration to vote, after two earlier attempts, in 1963; (4) work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); (5) membership in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP); (6) testimony before the Democratic National Convention in 1964; (7) receipt of a standing ovation at the Democratic National Convention in 1968, and election as a Democratic national committeewoman; (8) purchase of land for and founding of the Freedom Farm Cooperative in 1969; and (9) an unsuccessful 1971 bid for a seat in the Mississippi State Senate. The book includes a civil rights movement time line, a timetable of events in Fannie Lou Hamer's life, suggested reading, and a list of 15 sources.
This timeline/ biography of Fannie Lou Hamer is useful to my NHD project because it gives a brief summary of Fannie Lou Hamer's childhood, accomplishments, sacrafices, and overall life experiences.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Rough Draft of NHD
Lauren Wesley
Mrs. Thompson
Rough Draft for NHD
Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist. She wrote various articles and books about how she became a civil rights activist for the fight of women's right to vote. Fannie Lou Hamer became a SNCC Field Secretary and traveled around the country speaking and registering people to vote. Hamer and others were jailed and beaten by police when obligated to speak out and attempt their constitutional right to protest. Hamer never got discouraged and proceed to fight for women's rights. This dangerous decision became a change in history. African-Americans actually had a constitutional right to vote, and Fannie Lou Hamer wanted to exercise this right. Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). In 1964, the MDFP challenged the all-white Mississippi delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Hamer spoke in front of the Credentials Committee and spoke to them about how African-Americans in many states across the country were prevented from voting through illegal tests, taxes and intimidation. Hamer was an will always be an inspirational figure to many involved in the struggle for civil rights. Fannie Lou Hamer has given today's generation the opportunity to voice their opinion and exercise their constitutional rights as she intended to do.
Fannie Lou Hamer was born on a plantation in the Mississippi hill country in 1917, the last child in a family of twenty children. Her parents were sharecroppers. Due to the dire economic circumstances in which the family lived, Mrs. Hamer received only six years of formal education. Education at that time was considered secondary to work. Hamer joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC] as a fieldworker in voter registration drives. Fannie lou Hamer became a leading figure in the organization of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She made addresses in many major cities and colleges in the United States.
Fannie worked as a record keeper after the family she worked for discovered she was literate. Fannie Lou Hamer is well known fighter in the American Civil Rights Movement. Despite the prevailing literacy laws, she fought for the right to vote in 1962 as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Hamer believed that Black Americans needed to be educated on various aspects of economics and politics in order to be more successful. Fannie fought for the right to vote and fought against the pervasive poverty in the Black community.
One of her projects was Freedom Farms Corporation; she founded this land coop with the intention of having poor farmers eventually purchase a stake in this land. Fanniie lou Hamer was well- recognized for founding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. The Democratic Party of Mississippi did not allow Blacks. They challenged the all-white makeup of political candidates at the 1964 Democratic Convention. Fannie lou Hamer ran for congress but failed because the prevailing party of the day did not permit her name to be placed on the ballot. Surprisingly, she received more votes outside of the ballot than did her opponent.
Fannie lou Hammer worked for SNCC. In the summer of 1964 Fannie Lou Hamer did voter registration and having mass meetings trying to get more people involved and bringing more people out--adults, because at that time, there was no such thing as the eighteen-year-old vote. Hamer was also involved in the freedom school, they'd teach because there were lot of people that couldn't [read]. Most of the time Hamer wouldn't attend the school sessions because she was on the road most of the time.
There were organizationa taken place at community centers, and some of the white kids, and the blacks, was teaching in these Freedom Schools and holding citizenship education classes because in this Delta it's a high rate of illiteracy. People like Harry Belafonte was involved, who supported blacks in making it possible for eleven of the civil rights activist to go to Africa. Fannie states that the trip was the best experience of her life. She has viewed others lifestyles and admires the passion they have for life just like she did. During the last decade of her life, Fannie was recognized by various national organizations and colleges for her groundbreaking work on behalf of Black Americans.
Mrs. Thompson
Rough Draft for NHD
Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist. She wrote various articles and books about how she became a civil rights activist for the fight of women's right to vote. Fannie Lou Hamer became a SNCC Field Secretary and traveled around the country speaking and registering people to vote. Hamer and others were jailed and beaten by police when obligated to speak out and attempt their constitutional right to protest. Hamer never got discouraged and proceed to fight for women's rights. This dangerous decision became a change in history. African-Americans actually had a constitutional right to vote, and Fannie Lou Hamer wanted to exercise this right. Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). In 1964, the MDFP challenged the all-white Mississippi delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Hamer spoke in front of the Credentials Committee and spoke to them about how African-Americans in many states across the country were prevented from voting through illegal tests, taxes and intimidation. Hamer was an will always be an inspirational figure to many involved in the struggle for civil rights. Fannie Lou Hamer has given today's generation the opportunity to voice their opinion and exercise their constitutional rights as she intended to do.
Fannie Lou Hamer was born on a plantation in the Mississippi hill country in 1917, the last child in a family of twenty children. Her parents were sharecroppers. Due to the dire economic circumstances in which the family lived, Mrs. Hamer received only six years of formal education. Education at that time was considered secondary to work. Hamer joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC] as a fieldworker in voter registration drives. Fannie lou Hamer became a leading figure in the organization of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. She made addresses in many major cities and colleges in the United States.
Fannie worked as a record keeper after the family she worked for discovered she was literate. Fannie Lou Hamer is well known fighter in the American Civil Rights Movement. Despite the prevailing literacy laws, she fought for the right to vote in 1962 as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Hamer believed that Black Americans needed to be educated on various aspects of economics and politics in order to be more successful. Fannie fought for the right to vote and fought against the pervasive poverty in the Black community.
One of her projects was Freedom Farms Corporation; she founded this land coop with the intention of having poor farmers eventually purchase a stake in this land. Fanniie lou Hamer was well- recognized for founding the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party. The Democratic Party of Mississippi did not allow Blacks. They challenged the all-white makeup of political candidates at the 1964 Democratic Convention. Fannie lou Hamer ran for congress but failed because the prevailing party of the day did not permit her name to be placed on the ballot. Surprisingly, she received more votes outside of the ballot than did her opponent.
Fannie lou Hammer worked for SNCC. In the summer of 1964 Fannie Lou Hamer did voter registration and having mass meetings trying to get more people involved and bringing more people out--adults, because at that time, there was no such thing as the eighteen-year-old vote. Hamer was also involved in the freedom school, they'd teach because there were lot of people that couldn't [read]. Most of the time Hamer wouldn't attend the school sessions because she was on the road most of the time.
There were organizationa taken place at community centers, and some of the white kids, and the blacks, was teaching in these Freedom Schools and holding citizenship education classes because in this Delta it's a high rate of illiteracy. People like Harry Belafonte was involved, who supported blacks in making it possible for eleven of the civil rights activist to go to Africa. Fannie states that the trip was the best experience of her life. She has viewed others lifestyles and admires the passion they have for life just like she did. During the last decade of her life, Fannie was recognized by various national organizations and colleges for her groundbreaking work on behalf of Black Americans.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Annotation#4
©2000 USM Libraries, An Oral History with Fannie Lou Hamer
These interviews were conducted on 04-14-1972 and 01-25-1973 with Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (1918-1977). Hamer was a leading figure in the MFDP. She is best known for her 1964 national television appearance in which she described the plight of black voters in Mississippi. Throughout this interview topics such as, her family's background, voting and trying to register, freedom summer, African American tour, and many more. These summed up the obstacles she has over come. Simplifies when, ans where she went to school. How she and her husband meet, and why, and when did she get involved with the 1964 National Democratic Party Convention. During this interview, Hamer tells the interviewer, about her trip to Africs. She states, "I saw some of the most intelligent people, you know, because I had never in my life seen where black people were running banks."
This interview is useful to my NHD project because it gives examples and details to every aspect of Fanie lou Hamer's life. It's an interview conducted on 04-14-1972 and 01-25-1973 with one the civil rights activist of that time who was wiling to be open and share her life story to the world. I admire her pride and dignity for being a leader, and never leting anyone stop her from fulfilling her dreams. She was and will always be the perfect rolemodel of today's society.
These interviews were conducted on 04-14-1972 and 01-25-1973 with Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer (1918-1977). Hamer was a leading figure in the MFDP. She is best known for her 1964 national television appearance in which she described the plight of black voters in Mississippi. Throughout this interview topics such as, her family's background, voting and trying to register, freedom summer, African American tour, and many more. These summed up the obstacles she has over come. Simplifies when, ans where she went to school. How she and her husband meet, and why, and when did she get involved with the 1964 National Democratic Party Convention. During this interview, Hamer tells the interviewer, about her trip to Africs. She states, "I saw some of the most intelligent people, you know, because I had never in my life seen where black people were running banks."
This interview is useful to my NHD project because it gives examples and details to every aspect of Fanie lou Hamer's life. It's an interview conducted on 04-14-1972 and 01-25-1973 with one the civil rights activist of that time who was wiling to be open and share her life story to the world. I admire her pride and dignity for being a leader, and never leting anyone stop her from fulfilling her dreams. She was and will always be the perfect rolemodel of today's society.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Annotation #1
Lauren Wesley
Annotation#1
©2008 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company, Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Movement Leader
By Jone Johnson Lewis,
This article is about Fannie Lou Hamer's reach out in the The SNCC organization entitled the "freedom summer". In this article she also talks about how she developed her family. It also includes information describing the result of her trying to register to vote, which states how she was being abused. This article list the positive effects of her leadership.
This article is useful to me in the process of my NHD project because I learned about her personal life, and what the result of her trying to do what was best for women.
Annotation#1
©2008 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company, Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Movement Leader
By Jone Johnson Lewis,
This article is about Fannie Lou Hamer's reach out in the The SNCC organization entitled the "freedom summer". In this article she also talks about how she developed her family. It also includes information describing the result of her trying to register to vote, which states how she was being abused. This article list the positive effects of her leadership.
This article is useful to me in the process of my NHD project because I learned about her personal life, and what the result of her trying to do what was best for women.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Thesis statement introduction
Lauren Wesley
Mrs. Thompson
NHD Project
Thesis Introduction:
Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist. She wrote various articles and books about how she became a civil rights activist for the fight of women’s right to vote. Fannie Lou Hamer became a SNCC Field Secretary and traveled around the country speaking and registering people to vote. Hamer and others were jailed and beaten by police when obligated to speak out and attempt their constitutional right to protest. Hamer never became discouraged and proceed to fight for women’s rights. This dangerous decision became a change in history. African-Americans actually had a constitutional right to vote, and Fannie Lou Hamer wanted to exercise this right. Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). In 1964, the MDFP challenged the all-white Mississippi delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Hamer spoke in front of the Credentials Committee and spoke to them about how African-Americans in many states across the country were prevented from voting through illegal tests, taxes and intimidation. Hamer was an will always be an inspirational figure to many involved in the struggle for civil rights. Fannie Lou Hamer has given today’s generation the opportunity to voice their opinion and exercise their constitutional rights as she intended to do.
Mrs. Thompson
NHD Project
Thesis Introduction:
Fannie Lou Hamer was a civil rights activist. She wrote various articles and books about how she became a civil rights activist for the fight of women’s right to vote. Fannie Lou Hamer became a SNCC Field Secretary and traveled around the country speaking and registering people to vote. Hamer and others were jailed and beaten by police when obligated to speak out and attempt their constitutional right to protest. Hamer never became discouraged and proceed to fight for women’s rights. This dangerous decision became a change in history. African-Americans actually had a constitutional right to vote, and Fannie Lou Hamer wanted to exercise this right. Hamer co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). In 1964, the MDFP challenged the all-white Mississippi delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Hamer spoke in front of the Credentials Committee and spoke to them about how African-Americans in many states across the country were prevented from voting through illegal tests, taxes and intimidation. Hamer was an will always be an inspirational figure to many involved in the struggle for civil rights. Fannie Lou Hamer has given today’s generation the opportunity to voice their opinion and exercise their constitutional rights as she intended to do.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Annotation#3
Copyright © 2002 Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc, Fannie Lou Hamer
African-American civil rights activist who worked to desegregate the Mississippi Democratic Party
This article provides information about when she became a civil rights activist and how her life was before. Amid poverty and racial exploitation, she received only a sixth-grade education. She was married to Perry (“Pap”) Hamer. Her civil rights activism began in August 1962, when she answered a call by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for volunteers to challenge voter registration procedures that excluded African-Americans. Fired from her job for her activism, she became a field secretary for SNCC and a registered voters in 1963.
This site was helpful to me because I found out that she only received a sixth grade education, and from that day on her obligations were to only be a field secretary for SNCC and the voice of women for the right to vote.In conclusion this information is helpful for my NHD project.
African-American civil rights activist who worked to desegregate the Mississippi Democratic Party
This article provides information about when she became a civil rights activist and how her life was before. Amid poverty and racial exploitation, she received only a sixth-grade education. She was married to Perry (“Pap”) Hamer. Her civil rights activism began in August 1962, when she answered a call by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for volunteers to challenge voter registration procedures that excluded African-Americans. Fired from her job for her activism, she became a field secretary for SNCC and a registered voters in 1963.
This site was helpful to me because I found out that she only received a sixth grade education, and from that day on her obligations were to only be a field secretary for SNCC and the voice of women for the right to vote.In conclusion this information is helpful for my NHD project.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Annotation#2
National Women's Hall of Fame:
Article- Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi sharecropper, changed a nation's perspective on democracy.
This website gives supporting information such as the birth year of Fannie Lou Hamer and what her obligations were before getting involved in the act of women's right to vote. This particular article gives specific information about what her role as a individual. `Born 1917, and died 1977. Hamer became involved in the civil rights movement when she volunteered to attempt to register to vote in 1962. By then 45 years old and a mother, Hamer lost her job and continually risked her life because of her civil rights activism. Deeply committed to improving life for poor minorities in her state, Hamer, working with the National Council of Negro Women and others, helped organize food cooperatives and other services. She continued political activities as well, helping to convene the National Women's Political Caucus in the 1970s.
This website gives important information needed to do this project. It provides me with a brief biography of Fannie Lou Hamer and what her goals of a civil rights activist were. After researching facts on this site and throughout this article, I have learned important achievements made by her. Such as, Deeply committed to improving life for poor minorities in her state, and by doing so, worked with National Council of Negro Women and others to help organize food cooperatives and other services. I include these facts about her into my NHD project and give supporting examples and details to conclude why she is the person she is today and the impact she has on today's society. I also learned the most famous phrase of hers, "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired".
Article- Fannie Lou Hamer, a Mississippi sharecropper, changed a nation's perspective on democracy.
This website gives supporting information such as the birth year of Fannie Lou Hamer and what her obligations were before getting involved in the act of women's right to vote. This particular article gives specific information about what her role as a individual. `Born 1917, and died 1977. Hamer became involved in the civil rights movement when she volunteered to attempt to register to vote in 1962. By then 45 years old and a mother, Hamer lost her job and continually risked her life because of her civil rights activism. Deeply committed to improving life for poor minorities in her state, Hamer, working with the National Council of Negro Women and others, helped organize food cooperatives and other services. She continued political activities as well, helping to convene the National Women's Political Caucus in the 1970s.
This website gives important information needed to do this project. It provides me with a brief biography of Fannie Lou Hamer and what her goals of a civil rights activist were. After researching facts on this site and throughout this article, I have learned important achievements made by her. Such as, Deeply committed to improving life for poor minorities in her state, and by doing so, worked with National Council of Negro Women and others to help organize food cooperatives and other services. I include these facts about her into my NHD project and give supporting examples and details to conclude why she is the person she is today and the impact she has on today's society. I also learned the most famous phrase of hers, "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired".
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Barack Obama for president
Presidential candidates
Politics, the first thing that comes to mind, is political debate and responses discussed
upon the two parties. This race is not about the person who is running for President, it’s
mainly about the senate’s obligations and how he can make a difference for America. In
my prospective, the best candidate to run for office would be Barack Obama. My
reasoning why is, he as an American realizes the struggles our country face in today’s
society. America would want to vote for the best senate for office who wants to make a
change for the issues that are becoming a hassle. Topics such as, the education system
and economy. These are the two leading problems that have drastically gotten worse over
the past years. Senator Obama believes that he can proceed by doing so by getting the
voters attention, and were we as a country can help influence these issues.
Barack believes that turning off the television and being more active with our children
can have a huge impact on a child’s life. Reading to our children early in life so that they
can have an appreciation for what life provides them is the key to success. As a result of
these following issues, the law has failed to provide high-quality teachers in every
classroom and failed to adequately support the teachers. One of the most reliable
predictors of problems in school for a child is family instability. America has the highest
dropout rate, only 70% of U.S high school students graduate with a diploma. African
Americans and Latino students are most likely not to graduate rather than white students.
Students from two-parent families tend to do better than children from one-parent
families- not in all cases. Obama explains the importance of families staying together,
and how more African-American men meeting their responsibilities as fathers could have
a greater impact on improving education than either the liberal or conservative
prescriptions. Getting teachers and principles to become more involved in the child’s
education instead of giving up before trying to understand them. The high school drop-
out rate is increasing every day, kids without an education become more likely to not
have a successful career.
Obama’s plan for the educational system is to start with reforming NCLB, which means
enforcing a new law. Barack will improve the assessments used to track the student’s
progress to know how well they’re prepared for college. The NCLB will also be used to
support schools that need improvement rather than punishing them. Senator Obama
hopes that these transitions will help motivate those who want to go to college. Obama
stresses another issue which is the economy. The Bush tax cuts give those who earn over
$1 million dollars a tax cut nearly 160 times greater than that received by middle-income
Americans. At the same time, this administration has refused to tackle health care,
education and housing in a manner that benefits the middle class. Barcak’s relief plan
would include a $25 billion State Growth Fund to prevent state and local cuts in health,
education, housing, and heating assistance or counterproductive increases in property
taxes, tolls or fees. Obama’s relief plan will also include $25 billion in a Jobs and
Growth Fund to prevent cutbacks in road and bridge maintenance and fund school repair
all to save more than 1 million jobs in danger of being cut. This can help re-store the lack
of survival needs for families all over and put the tax payments to what really matters.
John McCain has a plan of his own. Under his plan, the United States will be telling oil
producing countries and oil speculators that our dependence on foreign oil will come to
an end. He then predicts that America will have a strong economy, getter purchasing
power for oil, gas, and food. I do agree with both candidates plan to restore the economy
of America because these are all things that we hope to develop. A better health- care
plan, and the strategy to put tax cuts against reasonable things such as school funding.
Obama will also eliminate all taxation on seniors who make less than $50.000 per year.
Both Senators differ from the same topics. Senator Barack Obama believes
that schools are charged with the responsibility and the direct authority deliverer to
provide the given resources to educate. Senator John McCain thinks otherwise, he states
that there is no equal opportunity without equal access to excellent education. John
McCain believes that we can no longer accept low standards for some students and high
standards for others. He believes we should let them compete for the most effective,
character-building Teachers, hire them, and reward them. This goal plan is not exactly
what were after. The preparation for our children’s future is what parents hope for. I
strongly agree on the morals that Barack Obama displays. As a student, I want the best
education I can receive so I can better my self for the future to come. I disagree with the
fact that Senator McCain wants to reward teachers for trying instead of putting forth the
effort and doing what there paid to do- teach .Children should be able to learn
information from teachers who are willing to work with you to higher your education for
any mind set goal. Building a relationship with students is what counts when learning. If
either candidate can follow through with they’re obligations, students all over would
adjust better with the idea of knowing people have they’re best interest at heart.
America desperately needs a President in office who knows one or two ways to make
the economy better to work with. Such as, double funding for after-school programs,
expand the Family Medical Leave Act, provide low-income families with a refundable
tax credit to help with their child-care expenses, and encourage flexible work schedules.
These are resolutions that we all need to take notice in. Senator Barack Obama is who I
stand behind in this race. I believe in the values he holds as a Democrat but more
importantly, as an individual. He holds the promise for America to make a better
tomorrow. Senator Barack Obama believes that Americans can repair political process,
and restore a worthy government that has dangerously fallen out of touch with Americans
all over. Senator Obama is a family man and understands the struggles we face in today’s
society. Barack Obama is our only hope for a better future. We as a country no longer
need another eight years of the same sad tradition. Barack is making history, in what we
call making a change. If no one is capable of doing what’s needed to be done then why
depend on a candidate who knows how, Senator Barack Obama.
Politics, the first thing that comes to mind, is political debate and responses discussed
upon the two parties. This race is not about the person who is running for President, it’s
mainly about the senate’s obligations and how he can make a difference for America. In
my prospective, the best candidate to run for office would be Barack Obama. My
reasoning why is, he as an American realizes the struggles our country face in today’s
society. America would want to vote for the best senate for office who wants to make a
change for the issues that are becoming a hassle. Topics such as, the education system
and economy. These are the two leading problems that have drastically gotten worse over
the past years. Senator Obama believes that he can proceed by doing so by getting the
voters attention, and were we as a country can help influence these issues.
Barack believes that turning off the television and being more active with our children
can have a huge impact on a child’s life. Reading to our children early in life so that they
can have an appreciation for what life provides them is the key to success. As a result of
these following issues, the law has failed to provide high-quality teachers in every
classroom and failed to adequately support the teachers. One of the most reliable
predictors of problems in school for a child is family instability. America has the highest
dropout rate, only 70% of U.S high school students graduate with a diploma. African
Americans and Latino students are most likely not to graduate rather than white students.
Students from two-parent families tend to do better than children from one-parent
families- not in all cases. Obama explains the importance of families staying together,
and how more African-American men meeting their responsibilities as fathers could have
a greater impact on improving education than either the liberal or conservative
prescriptions. Getting teachers and principles to become more involved in the child’s
education instead of giving up before trying to understand them. The high school drop-
out rate is increasing every day, kids without an education become more likely to not
have a successful career.
Obama’s plan for the educational system is to start with reforming NCLB, which means
enforcing a new law. Barack will improve the assessments used to track the student’s
progress to know how well they’re prepared for college. The NCLB will also be used to
support schools that need improvement rather than punishing them. Senator Obama
hopes that these transitions will help motivate those who want to go to college. Obama
stresses another issue which is the economy. The Bush tax cuts give those who earn over
$1 million dollars a tax cut nearly 160 times greater than that received by middle-income
Americans. At the same time, this administration has refused to tackle health care,
education and housing in a manner that benefits the middle class. Barcak’s relief plan
would include a $25 billion State Growth Fund to prevent state and local cuts in health,
education, housing, and heating assistance or counterproductive increases in property
taxes, tolls or fees. Obama’s relief plan will also include $25 billion in a Jobs and
Growth Fund to prevent cutbacks in road and bridge maintenance and fund school repair
all to save more than 1 million jobs in danger of being cut. This can help re-store the lack
of survival needs for families all over and put the tax payments to what really matters.
John McCain has a plan of his own. Under his plan, the United States will be telling oil
producing countries and oil speculators that our dependence on foreign oil will come to
an end. He then predicts that America will have a strong economy, getter purchasing
power for oil, gas, and food. I do agree with both candidates plan to restore the economy
of America because these are all things that we hope to develop. A better health- care
plan, and the strategy to put tax cuts against reasonable things such as school funding.
Obama will also eliminate all taxation on seniors who make less than $50.000 per year.
Both Senators differ from the same topics. Senator Barack Obama believes
that schools are charged with the responsibility and the direct authority deliverer to
provide the given resources to educate. Senator John McCain thinks otherwise, he states
that there is no equal opportunity without equal access to excellent education. John
McCain believes that we can no longer accept low standards for some students and high
standards for others. He believes we should let them compete for the most effective,
character-building Teachers, hire them, and reward them. This goal plan is not exactly
what were after. The preparation for our children’s future is what parents hope for. I
strongly agree on the morals that Barack Obama displays. As a student, I want the best
education I can receive so I can better my self for the future to come. I disagree with the
fact that Senator McCain wants to reward teachers for trying instead of putting forth the
effort and doing what there paid to do- teach .Children should be able to learn
information from teachers who are willing to work with you to higher your education for
any mind set goal. Building a relationship with students is what counts when learning. If
either candidate can follow through with they’re obligations, students all over would
adjust better with the idea of knowing people have they’re best interest at heart.
America desperately needs a President in office who knows one or two ways to make
the economy better to work with. Such as, double funding for after-school programs,
expand the Family Medical Leave Act, provide low-income families with a refundable
tax credit to help with their child-care expenses, and encourage flexible work schedules.
These are resolutions that we all need to take notice in. Senator Barack Obama is who I
stand behind in this race. I believe in the values he holds as a Democrat but more
importantly, as an individual. He holds the promise for America to make a better
tomorrow. Senator Barack Obama believes that Americans can repair political process,
and restore a worthy government that has dangerously fallen out of touch with Americans
all over. Senator Obama is a family man and understands the struggles we face in today’s
society. Barack Obama is our only hope for a better future. We as a country no longer
need another eight years of the same sad tradition. Barack is making history, in what we
call making a change. If no one is capable of doing what’s needed to be done then why
depend on a candidate who knows how, Senator Barack Obama.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
My NHD person
I choose Fannie Lou Hamer for my NHD project because I am inspired by the passion and the goals she had in her time. She is an African American woman who was a civil rights activist. I am interested in the historical problem she promoted which was, the civil rights movement between 1955-1965. Her goal as an civil rights activist, was to strive for the privilege for women of color to be able to vote. If Fannie Lou Hamer hadn't existed, women of all race and ethnic groups wouldn't be able to have the right to vote, most importantly speak they're mind. I'm a person who won't back down unless my opinions are heard. I admire and look up to Fannie Lou Hamer for having the courage and ability to stand up for what she believed in, and speak for those who were unable to do for them selves.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Why our country should nominate Barack Obama for office
America needs a major change. In my opinion, Barack is clearly the best candidate to lead our country in the right direction. He believes in certain issues that every American believes in. Topics such as, a new education system, better health care, tax cuts, and the rising rage of oil. These are solutions that American families struggle with in today's society. Obama him self has a family in agrees that the problems Bush created are becoming a hassle. The reason I think that Barack should become president is because, I'm a student in high school and in a few years I will be applying for colleges. My reasoning for bringing this topic up is because, for people who want to further they're education in college have trouble doing so. Obama strongly believes that education is important and wants everyone to endorse it. If we can get young and older voters to stand behind him in this race, as one we can get something meaningful accomplished. Barack Obama is the voice of today and America should listen to what he has to say. We no longer need five more years of the same tradition, it's time for a change.
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