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.
Friday, October 31, 2008
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".
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