Women Who Spoke Up Part 1

Who was Fannie Lou Hamer?

• A famous singer

• A civil rights activist

• A politician from New York

• A scientist

What position did Fannie Lou Hamer hold in the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party?

• President

• Secretary

• Treasurer

• Vice Chair

What was the goal of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party in 1964?

• To win the presidential election

• To start a new political party

• To challenge Mississippi’s all-white state delegation

• To organize a protest march

What did Fannie Lou Hamer testify about at the convention?

• Her travels around the world

• Her career as a teacher

• Her experience trying to register to vote

• Her experience in the military

What did President Lyndon B. Johnson do during Hamer's testimony?

• He attended the testimony

• He made a speech to prevent it from being aired

• He ignored it

• He supported her

What was the outcome of Hamer's hope to have some of the Mississippi Freedom Democrats seated at the national convention?

• They were all seated

• None were seated

• Only a few were seated

• They were seated the following year

What significant role did Fannie Lou Hamer achieve four years after her 1964 testimony?

• She became a senator

• She was a delegate at the Democratic National Convention

• She became the President of the United States

• She won a Nobel Peace Prize

What was notable about Hamer's role as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention?

• She was the youngest delegate

• Both A and B

• She was the first African American to be seated since the 1870s

• She was the first woman to represent Mississippi

What did Hamer question in her speech?

• The fairness of the election process

• America's claim as the land of the free and the home of the brave

• The role of women in politics

• The importance of education

What did Hamer say they had to do because their lives were threatened daily?

• Move to another country

• Change their names

• Sleep with their telephones off the hooks

• Stop voting