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.