Black women were placed in a struggle since slavery when they were brought to the Western world to be used as laborers to increase capitalism in America. Their struggle was not only being oppressed as a black man, but also as a woman. Since then, black women have fought for equal opportunities politically, socially and economically. Black women do not believe they should be confined by their gender, class, or race because society asks them to play a subordinate role as wife, caretaker, and cook. Slavery is where the struggle was introduced and it continues to be a struggle that black women face today. However, during the black women's struggle, women always continued to preserve and succeed in being revolutionary in their actions for the good of black people. During the civil rights movement, black women were confronted not only with being black, but also with being a woman. . A black woman lived as a minority within a minority, which society calls a double whammy. And society expected them to pick a struggle by saying they had to choose to be black then a woman or a woman then black. They cannot claim both. Black women felt like they were never recognized as women since society could not ignore their race, namely that they were black. So, during the civil rights movement, women saw fit to change; to talk about their rights as well as the rights of all. The black women involved in the struggle did not let their circumstances define them. Most importantly, through their struggle, they were able to define themselves as the women they are today. During the struggle for civil rights, black women were revolutionaries in service to society. Although they are not recognized like most ma...... middle of paper......ghts-black Power Movement. " Choice Reviews Online 39.09 (2002): 39-5391. Print. Solis, Steph. “Strong women were pillars of the civil rights movement." USA Today. Gannett, August 19, 2013. Web, April 7, 2014. Joseph , Tiffany. Student work. Student Work. Brown University, nd Web. April 6, 2014. Jackson, Janice J. and Gregory NP Konz. “Our Separate Ways: Black and White Women and the Struggle for Professional Identity.” Academy of Management Executive 16.1 (2002): 162-64. Print.Gloria Richardson The Struggle for DemocracyBarbara Ransby A Behind-the-Scenes Organizer's View: The Roots of Ella Baker's Political PassionsFor the Race in General and Black Women in Particular: Civil Rights Activities of Women's Organizations African American women, 1915-50 VP Franklin and Bettye Collier-Thomas 21- 40