THREAD #tdih 1964 Grassroots citizens in Miss. Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) asked DNC and nation — why would all-white delegation be seated, despite fact that they had used state-sponsored terrorism and violated the Constitution to suppress voting? zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mfdp…
Why wouldn't the delegation that had followed the rules and opened its doors to all — regardless of race, gender, literacy, and employment — be selected by the DNC to represent the state instead of white supremacists? MFDP goal: “one person, one vote.” zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mfdp…
Question of citizenship & political representation is as important today as it was then—yet MFDP is not even mentioned in many major U.S. history textbooks. Vital lessons about possibilities of grassroots democracy are lost to next generation of voters. zinnedproject.org/if-we-knew-our…
One of 3 free lessons ⬇️addresses question of who should vote. Students 1st share their understanding of what makes a “qualified” voter, then reconsider their thinking after close reading of an oral history by Fannie Lou Hamer of SNCC. #teachvotingrights zinnedproject.org/materials/teac…
Learn more from "Vanguard" by @marthasjones_. Jones teaches about Black women throughout U.S. history — Maria Stewart, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Fannie Lou Hamer, & more — who were/are vanguard of fight for women’s/human rights. #teachoutsidetextbook zinnedproject.org/materials/vang…
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