HIUS 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Fannie Lou Hamer
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Hius 157 lecture 13 women and the civil rights movement. Christian leadership conference (sclc), student nonviolent coordinating committee (sncc: tendency to lionize martin luther king. Stokely carmichael: (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:373)e out i(cid:374)to the (cid:373)o(cid:448)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t first; (cid:862)o(cid:374)(cid:272)e you got the (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374), the (cid:373)e(cid:374) got to (cid:272)o(cid:373)e(cid:863) Fannie lou hamer: husband would"(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) killed if he"d ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)ee(cid:374) as a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e as she (cid:449)as: persecution of black men intense during period. Backlash against women leaders: no gender equality in the baptist church, movement very religious, reluctance to give women power reflected in the movement, mlk as patriarch in his family. The o(cid:373)issio(cid:374) (cid:449)as deli(cid:271)erate(cid:863: threatened not to participate because of this, and had to be convinced to come back into the movement, not just a reflection of the times, people were enforcing and debating this. Statement of worth/dignity due to oppression of black men: civil rights movement as a way to recover manhood. Montgomery bus boycott: conceived, initiated, supported primarily by women.
