The World Is Different All Because Of African American Women In History

By Susan Cole


Being a top a woman in the society, calls for hard slog and willpower. Previously, men did not view women as they do in the present day. Women have a right of communication contrasting the past. Some whites were racist and for black African-American lady to be successful was hard. We have those that stood firm on certain believes and fought for their civil rights and are today called the African American women in History.

The list showing names of these brave women who live to be remembered is endless. Naming a few, they consisted of; Ella Baker, Septima Poinsette Clark, Daisy Bates, Diane Nash, Fannie Lou Hamer, Serena Williams, Dorothy Height, Anna Arnold, Michelle Obama and so many more. What makes all these women recognized is because of the role each has played in influencing the society positively.

Ella Barker who is remembered as a civil rights leader who was very active. For fifty years, she worked with activists for the welfare of the citizens. She was a force to be reckoned as the most activists she worked along with were male. She is remembered for quoting that she was never making news stories; instead, she would focus on putting together information that would bring in organizations that will help in her endeavors. She also believed that strong people should not have to depend on strong leaders.

Diane Nash was a civil Rights activist too and part of the disreputable Freedom Riders. She gave a helping hand in founding the SNCC. Born and raised in Chicago, she first wanted to become a nun because of her catholic upbringing but eventually became an activist.

Septima Poisette Clark is another lady popularly referred to as Grandmother in her time in the American Civil Rights Movement. She played a major role in voting rights of Africans-Americans. In 1920, she worked with NAACP to gather petitions that allowed blacks to be principals in schools around Charleston. She also taught literacy to black adults. In 1979, she was awarded a Living Legacy Award by the then president Jimmy Carter.

Fannie Lou Hamer was known for her famous quote where she would say she is sick and tired of being sick and tired. With her strong spirit she became an activist and voting rights activist a very young age. She helped in organizing the Mississippi freedom summer of these students and later became vice chair of the party called Mississippi Freedom Democratic. Aged 59, she died in 1977 of breast cancer.

Daisy Bates was a publisher, activist, and a writer. She enabled the incorporation of Little Rock in the year 1957. Together with her husband, they before owned a newspaper called Arkansas State Press that was used as a voice of peoples Civil Rights. State of Arkansas her homeland, honors her every third Monday of April a year.

The women right movement is the fight for the idea that women should have equal rights with women. In the past it has revolved around gaining property rights, the right for women to vote, reproductive rights and rights to work for equal pay. These women tirelessly fought for these rights and they helped change the world view of women to what it is like today.




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