To what extent was the Civil Rights Movement an international phenomenon?
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Reading Questions:
—To what extent was the Civil Rights Movement an international phenomenon?
—What were some of the aims of NOW? What did it identify as some of the principal problems in regards to women’s position in U.S. society?
—Why did Fannie Lou Hamer seek for the delegates of Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party to be seated at the 1964 Democratic National Convention?
You may ONLY cite from below readings with specific
pages mentioned. You cannot cite outside material.
Materials:
Race Woman: The Lives of Shirley Graham
Du Bois, Chapter 8-9: Page 173-216
The American Yawp: Chapter 27:
The American Yawp Primary Source
Documents :
National Organization for Women, “Statement of Purpose” (1966):
Fannie Lou Hamer: Testimony at the
Democratic National Convention 1964: