Frankye Adams was an influential woman who played a significant role in the Black Power Movement. She grew up in a family of sharecroppers and said, “It was not an easy life.” She and her family had to pick cotton as they worked on the farm and it became a barrier between her and getting an education. In an interview, she mentioned, “I wanted to get on the school bus to go to school like most children.” After she and her family had moved when she was a teenager, students from the local college inspired her when she saw them protesting for the rights of Black people. When she was seventeen years old she joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Youth Council and became a member of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee(SNCC). The SNCC focused heavily on sit-ins to object to segregation in restaurants. Throughout her active participation in the Black Power movement, she also joined the Black Panthers. She was the founder of their White Plains chapter in New York. Frankye Adams was involved in numerous organizations to benefit the growth of Black people for the Black Power Movement.