Prompt Part 1: How many of the women mentioned in these readings had you heard of before? Consider the challenges that these women had to endure and the lack of proportional representative their male counterparts have received throughout the proceeding years of the movement. From the readings, reflect upon the accomplishments and challenges these women faced when organizing. What surprised you the most in the readings? What specific organizing strategies or tactics did you notice of these female activists utilize? How did these strategies differ from the male-dominated (much more promoted) activism? Women of the black freedom struggle have been referred to as the "Spine of the Civil Rights Movement." What might be consequence of this phrasing for female activists both then and now? Part 2: Consider the challenges in creating a "popular history" of the civil rights movement. Do a quick GOOGLE SEARCH on films and television about the civil Rights movement.....not so much documentaries but popular films. How many of these films are from a male perspective or about a male lead character? Movies like Hidden Figures present a "hidden history of the achievements of African American women in the early days of the space program....but reflect upon why women of the movement continue to be ignored in both popular history as well as in popular film and television. How do the readings support your argument