American History on the Web: Women in the Civil Rights Movement

Fannie Lou Hamer declared that she was "sick and tired and being sick and tired." Read about her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement at http://www.beejae.com/hamer.htm. Then, learn about Rosa Parks from an interview transcribed at http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0int-1.

1		What motivated each of these women to assume active roles in the Civil Rights Movement?
2		Identify the goals of each woman. What efforts did they make to achieve them?
3		How were the Civil Rights Movement and the Women's Rights Movement of the 1960s connected? How did women like Hamer and Parks contribute to this link?