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This Fannie Lou Hamer and the Civil Rights Movement in Rural Mississippi activity also includes:
- Clip of students demonstrating including a short speech by Fannie Lou Hamer, August 7, 1971
- Article from Memphis World reporting on medical care for African Americans, May 9, 1964
- Article from Memphis World about Democratic National Convention, October 31, 1964
- Audio clips from an interview in which Harry Belafonte reflects on Hamer, January 28, 1991
- Excerpt from a FBI file record detailing the arrest of Hamer, June 1963
- Photograph of an African American cotton plantation worker in the Mississippi Delta, 1939
- Photograph of an African American at a plantation store in the Mississippi Delta in 1939
- Photograph of a group at the county convention of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 1964
- Article from Memphis World describing a mock ballot among African American voters, November 14, 1964
- Article from Memphis World about the Mississippi Freedom Summer and the Freedom Drive, September 5, 1964
- Photograph of African American day laborers in the Mississippi Delta,1940
- Photograph of participants at a Freedom Summer meeting, 1964
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Good primary resources, offering different perspectives on important issues and events, are hard to find. A packet of 12 primary source images, videos, audio recordings, records, and newspaper articles related to the 1960s civil rights work of Fannie Lou Hamer, reveal her significance and the importance of her contributions.
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Concepts
critical thinking, women's history, women's history month, primary source analysis, primary source images, primary sources, compare and contrast, author's purpose, point of view, historical context, racism, discrimination, poverty, african american history, african americans, black history month, slavery, voting rights, civil rights, activism, the vietnam war
Instructional Ideas
- Assign groups different sources, have them research its significance, and present their findings to the whole class
- Include a study of Hamer in a unit on the Civil Rights Movement or during Women's History Month
Classroom Considerations
- If groups have access to computers equipped with the internet, save printing costs, and load the packet on these devices
Pros
- Included with the primary source set is an overview that provides background information and a teaching guide with discussion questions and activities
Cons
- None