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My
daughter, Annie, is 7 years
old and in the second grade
at Indian Creek Elementary.
Annie has been given an assignment
to research a famous black figure.
She is to provide information,
draw a picture of the person
and draw five symbols which
would represent this person.
I am interested in finding a
black woman who has made a dramatic
impact on the African American
female culture in the present
time. I am afraid that I am
not able to provide that information
for my daughter and thought
you could possibly suggest or
provide articles or resources
for us to view. Jane & Annie
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Thanks
for your note to FEMINIST.COM
and what an exciting project
you have ahead of you. There
are a number of black women
that I would recommend you could
do your report on. Here are
a few of my favorites:
- Fannie
Lou Hamer--from Sunflower
Country, Mississippi. She
successfully registered many
blacks to vote throughout
the south and became one of
the first black delegates
to attend the primary elections.
She was a founder of the Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party.
She also led the crusade to
stop the unknown sterilization
of black women.
- Rosa
Parks (1913--) She has
been referred to as "the mother
of the civil rights movement."
She is most famous for refusing
to give up her seat in the
front of the bus and move
to the back of the bus, something
that was expected of blacks
pre-1960s activism. This act
led to the Montgomery Bus
Boycott, which many people
credit as a first step in
the civil rights movement.
- Sojourner
Truth--an abolitionist
and women's rights activist,
who lived from 1799-1883.
She gave a famous speech "Ain't
I A Woman?" which demanded
that women who are poor and
black be included in the category
"women."
- Harriet
Tubman (1821-1913) who
was a runaway slave and the
conductor of the "Underground
Railroad," which helped many
other runaway slaves. She
rescued over 200 slaves. She
has been distinguished as
the only woman in American
military history to plan and
execute an armed expedition
against enemy forces.
For
more contemporary women I suggest:
Johnetta Coal (former president
of Spellman College); Ruth Simmons
(current president of Smith College);
Congresswoman Maxine Waters; Senator
Carol Mosley Braun; Politician
Shirly Chisolm--and so many more.
To
learn more about any of these
suggestions and to get more
suggestions, I recommend Black
Women in America: An Encyclopedia.
—Amy
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