He just wanted all African Americans to have equal rights and to end the struggles of social, economic and political conflicts. She has been called the "mother of the modern civil rights movement" (Gupta). It was an important part of the civil rights movement and a huge cause: today, African Americans and whites have the same constitutional rights. She had lived in struggles against racial discrimination since she was born, until 1965. Despite everything that Rosa Parks had to face and the resistance she had to fight against, she was an encouragement to the entire civil rights movement in the United States. States. In conclusion, Rosa Parks was simply looking to be liberated and be able to go anywhere without white people looking at her or judging her for the color of her skin and as a woman. During the 1960s, the civil rights movement was at the height of its growth. game. It was what everyone was talking about in the United States: whites to continue racial discrimination and African Americans to end their social and economic struggles. A quote from the unforgettable Fannie Lou Hamer "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired." Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Mississippi, in 1917, he was a farmer who distorted the United States' view of the democratic system. Hamer made most of his observations during the 1960s, for example, in 1962 he joined the SNCC, which was the Coordinating Committee for Student Nonviolence. He wanted to motivate African Americans in his city to be encouraged to register as voters. After joining SNCC, she lost her job, like most African Americans who joined civil rights organizations. She began receiving letters from people describing ways to kill her, and suffered physical abuse due to the brutality of the... middle of paper... 19th century indefinitely resolved socio-economic struggles. People say it can't work in black and white; well here we make it work, every day. Of course we have our disagreements, but before we get to hatred (Remember). African Americans like Malcolm Ellen Watkins Harper, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, and Sojourner Truth started the movement, achieving much and inspiring a new generation of activists. Despite the risk of great individual loss, African American women have a long tradition of civil and human rights activism and institutions that survive today in the practices and advocacy of women advocates and leaders..