Brooks, Maegan Parker and Houck, Davis W.. The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer: To Tell It Like It Is.Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2011. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/1308 Accessed March 5, 2016. Megan Brooks and Davis Houck have chronicled the speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer in the book, The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer. Included in this compilation of court transcripts as well as many of Hamer’s speeches, including the famous I’m Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired speech. Brooks and David detail many of the experiences of Hamer with brief commentary, however, this book primarily lets Hamer’s own words tell the story. This is a primary source because it is a compilation of both court and speech transcripts. The Speeches of Fannie Lou Hamer is an important contribution to this project because she instrumental in the black suffrage movement, additionally she worked to establish programs for family services and minorities.
Browne, J. Zamgba. "Pitman-Hughes Named 'Women of Valor'." New York Amsterdam News, January 03, 2002., 8, Academic Search Complete,…show more content… "Remarks by the First Lady at the Sojourner Truth Bust Unveiling." The White House. April 28, 2009. www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-first-lady-sojourner-truth-bust-unveiling. Accessed March 5, 2016. Remarks by the First Lady at the Sojourner Truth Bust Unveiling” was issued by the Office of the First Lady. At the unveiling, Mrs. Obama comments on the various contributions that Sojourner Truth made towards racial and gender equality, as well as suffrage. This is a primary source because it is a direct statement issued by the speaker. Mrs. Obama’s statement is a valuable contribution to the book cover because, as the wife of the first black president, she is an example of the American evolution towards equality for all of our
