African Diaspora
these kingdoms are located on the Niger River and controlled the Trans-Saharan trade route
What is the Ghana, Mali, and the Songhai empires
The uprising of enslaved people that resulted in transforming the french colony of Saint-Domingue into a black republic free of slavery and the second independent nation in the Americas.
What is the Haitian Revolution?
This amendment allowed black men to vote in America
What Is the 15th amendment?
This movement started during WWII and advocated for fighting for freedom both overseas and in America.
What is double V/ Double Victory Campaig?
Who is Mansa Musa?
These west African storytellers played a role in keeping the history and traditions of Africa alive
What are Griots?
On Sept. 9, about 20 enslaved people gather near stono river, they raided a firearms shop, killed the owner, armed themselves, and marched toward sanctuary in Spanish florida
What is the Stono Rebellion
This revolution of black art, literature, political thought, and music in the 1920’s marked a high point in the African American community, especially in the north. This movement was powered by the great migration.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The action of systemically keeping Black Americans out of gaining generational wealth by trapping them in declining cities.
What is red lining?
Called the ”man who killed Jim Crow”. Chief strategist of the NAACP. his mission was to prove that the ruling of Plessy V. Ferguson was unconstitutional. He mentored Thurgood Marshall.
Who is Charles Hamilton Houston?
A major learning center in the Mali empire, attracted knowledge from Islamic civilization.
What is Timbuktu
These laws restricted both free and enslaved Africans and African Americans, put in place in response of the fear of riots and rebellion.
What are black codes/code noir?
This court ruling legalized Jim Crow, calling ”separate but equal“ constitutional.
what is Plessy V. Ferguson?
this revolutionary black power organization was inspired by Malcolm X’s arguments. had a ten point program that called for freedom from oppression and imprisonment, access to housing, healthcare, education, and employment opportunities.
What is the Black Panther Party/
she is a free black woman from New England and was one of the first women to give a public address in America. heavily contributed to the first wave of the feminist movement.
Who is Maria Stewart?
Stretches from Somalia to Mozambique, linked africa’s interior to Arab, Persian, Indian, And Chinese trading communitie.
What is the Swahili Coast?
This authorized local governments to legally kidnap and returned escaped refugees to their enslavers.
What is the fugitive slave acts of 1793?
from the end of reconstruction, to the beginning of WWII, this marked the lowest point of race relations and is where lynching and mob violence became more common
What is the nadir?
This was the first antiracist Executive order since reconstruction, this executive order banned discrimination in defense industries and government jobs.
What is Executive order 8802/ Executive order of 1941?
This person was a key black leader in the struggle for Black women’s rights in the early 1900’s. She advocated for women’s education and suffrage. She promoted greater inclusion of Black women in American society. She was also a key figure in the National Association of colored Women (NACW).
Who is Nannie Helen Burroughs?
These materials were traded out of Africa, very important to the wealth that African empires like Kongo and Mali.
What is Ivory, Salt, Copper, and Textiles
Free and enslaved Africans familiar with Spanish and Portuguese culture and language, they also journeyed with Europeans in early exploration of the americas
What are Ladinos?
This comprise ended reconstruction and took troops out of southern America.
What is the compromise of 1877?
four organizations that fought for civil rights, also known as the big four.
What is the NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, and CORE.
This woman was a pioneering educator and activist who founded the national council of negro women and worked for racial and gender equality. She was apart of president franklin’s “Black Cabinet“ in the great depression. she also mentored Dorothy Height.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?