The African-American Freedom Movement

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The paper looks at the African-American Freedom Movement, also referred to as the Black Freedom Movement, a movement based on the African-American desire to be afforded the most basic of civil rights. The paper discusses the life of Fannie Lou Harner who was a pioneer in the rights of black women to vote and other women, including Ella Baker, Amy Garvey and Septima who were active in the African- American Freedom Movement between the 1950s and the 1970s. The writer illustrates how these women bravely worked for the betterment of life for black females residing within the USA.

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"The relatively modern women's rights movement captured worldwide attention when women began to demand equal pay for equal work and other equal treatments. While that movement was the center of media attention for many years, it was not the first "human rights movement" that women had been involved with in modern history. The African American Freedom Movement, also referred to as the Black Freedom Movement was a movement that women joined years before the women's movement ever evolved in recent history. The Black Freedom Movement was a movement based in African American desire to be afforded the most basic of civil rights, which for many years they had been denied."

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• Fairclough, Adam (2005) Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision Alabama Review,
• Mitchell, Ralph (1995) From a woman's perspective: Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1975) From: Tennessee TRIBUNE
• Ransby, Barb (2003) Ella Baker: A fighter for peace and justice From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) |
• Wiley, Jean (1998) On the front lines; four women activists whose work touched millions of lives. (Fannie Lou Hamer, Ella Baker, Amy Jacques Garvey and Septima Clark) Essence

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