Fannie Lou Hamer
The Prompt (containing background information) Hamer would seem to be the opposite of King. He grew up in Atlanta; his parents were...
Sojourner Truth: Fully Human
Sojourner Truth does not need to be a mythical woman, created whole the moment she left slavery, an ex-slave whom whites can accept. Her...
"Ain't I a Woman" and Historical Revision
By the time Frances Dana Gage created “Ain’t I a Woman?” she was years removed from the original incident. Her writing competitor,...