The document discusses the history of African American women fighting against slavery, for freedom and civil rights from the times of slavery through the modern civil rights movement. It notes influential figures like Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, and Angela Davis who fought against slavery and for education, voting rights and gender equality. The document reflects on how African American women were stereotyped and denied dignity but have continually fought to redeem their image and be respected as human beings through education and social activism.
4. African American Women Fighting for Education, Civil Rights, & Gender Issues Fanny Jackson Coppin Ida B. Wells Mary Church Terrell
5. African American Women Involved In the Latter Civil Rights Movement Angela Davis Rosa Parks AssataShakur Corretta Scott King
6. Reflection African American women have been fighting for their freedom, civil rights, and their rights to be respected as women ever since they stepped foot on these American shores. The system of white supremacy/racism has stereotyped africanamerican women in the image of persons who had no dignity, was not worthy of any dignity, within public opinion. The fight and the struggle to redeem the africanamerican image has been a constant uphill battle. Many africanamerican females, seen and unseen, within the history of america have fought, bled, and died to be seen and respected as human beings worthy of their due respect. My question then becomes: How did we, as an african people, who had dignity and self-respect, allow ourselves to be reduced, in the media as people having no worth? How did we allow ourselves to go from dignity to disrespect?
8. Reflection Regardless what you may think about the pop media/culture, I maintain that africanamerican women should not have to get naked or reduce themselves to demeaning roles to make it in this world. Because the simple truth is : When women do this they reinforce historical stereotypes that have been placed on them by their ex-slavemasters. There are many educated, intelligent africanamerican women that don’t have to reduce themselves to such levels. No people on the face of this earth has ever suffered like the africanamericans; that is not to say that I am oblivious to other people’s suffering but I will say within our holocaust we as a people lost our original names, language, god, and our place in the world. We must constantly redeem ourselves through education, spiritual enlightenment, and social uplifting. Lets bring back our dignity and our self-respect. Stop allowing ourselves to be stereotyped with images of disrespect.
