The modern Civil Rights Movement included many female advocates, leaders and role models. Learn some of their stories.
(Images prepared in collaboration with the NAACP-Maricopa Branch Women's Empowerment Luncheon Planning Committee.)
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- Fannie Lou HamerSNCC Digital Gateway, Duke University
- “The Sweat and Blood of Fannie Lou Hamer”Rosalind Early, HUMANITIES, Winter 2021, Volume 42, Number 1, National Endowment for the Humanities
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- Who was Anne Braden?Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research, University of Louisville
- Ann & Carl BradenSNCC Digital Gateway, Duke University
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- Viola Liuzzo: Selma To Montgomery National Historic TrailNational Park Service
- Viola Gregg LiuzzoJim Crow Museum, Ferris State University
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- Enolia Pettigen McMillanSouthern Maryland Equity in History Coalition
- Enolia Pettigen McMillanMaryland Women's Heritage Center
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- Myrlie Evers-Williams ’68 Collection at Pomona CollegePomona College, part of the Claremont Colleges
Women in the Modern Civil Rights Movement, National Museum of African American History & Culture, 5 page PDF with research questions, short biographies, and references.