a woman’s war, african american women in the civil rights moments

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‘a woman’s war, african american women in the civil rights moments’

500 word (two-page) response paper that shows that you have carefully read and critically considered the secondary readings for this week; your response paper should provide aconcise distillation of the readings’ central arguments.

Your response paper should be correctly formatted/organized (typed, 12pt. font, double spaced, 1-inch margins) with proper grammar and spelling and should generally follow this format: paragraphs #1-2: summarize the authors’ argument(s); in paragraphs #3-4: reflect on the authors’ argument(s). (For these papers, you do not need a bibliography and should avoid lengthy quotations—I want to see your ideas! If you must include a quotation, please cite your source using Chicago style.) Please keep in mind that you may have multiple readings/authors for a given week’s response paper; your job is to practice concision in summarizing and relating the different readings to one another.

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In the fight for black American rights and equality, the majority of the Americans mentioned and acknowledged were men. Their role in the quest for black American justice was perceived as the reason for the eventual liberation of blacks from social injustices. However, the truth is that the likes of Martin Luther King, Andrew Young and Jesse Jackson were not the only civil right activists despite their selfless efforts to address racism and oppression. The forgotten and group that was not acknowledged are women activist like Ella barker, Fanny Lou, Diane Nash among many others who in their own special ways spearheaded opposition to racism and unequal pay. Black women were being mistreated with little…

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