Anna Arnold Hedgeman Chapter Summary

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In AP US History and other Social Studies classes, students are taught about the Civil Rights movement and the contributions of Martin Luther King Jr., the Little Rock Nine, the Freedom Riders, and the Greensboro Four, however many female leaders and advocates are not strongly discussed. On February 2nd, 2016, Jennifer Scanlon published a biography on Anna Arnold Hedgeman who was an advocate for civil rights legislation like MLK. Hedgeman was a member of the National Organization for Women and was a strategist for organizing the black vote in 1948 for the Democratic Party. Despite her involvements, she is highly unknown to most people, and Scanlon’s book seeks to make her known. She grew up in Anoka, Minnesota but moved to Mississippi to be a teacher, and there she was exposed to the horrors of Jim Crow. She was also a part of the National Council of …show more content…

The author mainly uses logos in her article through the inclusion of facts about the biography and facts about Anna Arnold Hedgeman. For example, “In the 1920s, she headed to Mississippi to become a teacher, a trip that opened her eyes to black rural poverty. In the 1930s, as an emergency relief worker in Harlem, Hedgeman witnessed firsthand the painful effects of the Great Depression on African-American families,” (Collins) is a fact about Anna Arnold Hedgeman’s life. The author also includes an image of Anna Arnold Hedgeman with Martin Luther King Jr. to show her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement with MLK. The author also includes a quote from Hedgeman: “We will not rest until there is justice in our beloved country and we know that as justice comes to all Americans, it will come in increasing measure to

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