Early African civilizations
Located at the south end of the Nile.
What is Nubia/Kush?
Africans who worked as intermediaries before chattel slavery rose to dominate the economy.
What are the Ladinos/Atlantic Creoles?
In 1831, this enslaved preacher led a violent revolt in Virginia that killed 55 white people, leading to stricter slave codes across the South.
Who is Nat Turner?
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This was the 1920s intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, and literature was centered in New York City.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The Nok were known as the earliest society to..
What is iron working?
The stage of the Atlantic Slave Trade in which millions of Africans were forcibly transported across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
Often described as a "second slavery," this labor system replaced chattel slavery in the South, trapping many Black families in debt.
What is Sharecropping?
Initiated by four college students in 1960, this form of non-violent protest aimed to desegregate lunch counters and public spaces.
What are sit-ins?
In West African societies, these oral historians and musicians are known for passing down history, legends, and cultural heritage through narratives.
Who are Griots?
She expanded her military by offering sanctuary to enslaved Africans who managed to escape Portuguese Angola.
Who is Queen Njinga?
What was the name of the enslaved African born healer, who was forced to work as an explorer and translator?
Who is Estevanico?
This term, coined by W.E.B. Du Bois, describes the feeling of being divided between an American and Black identity.
What is Double Consciousness?
This organization, founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, promoted self-defense and ran social programs like free breakfast for children.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This musical genre emerged from the Mississippi Delta and Piedmont, serving as a foundation for American music.
What is the blues?
The two men who converted the powerful West Central African Kingdom of Kongo to Roman Catholicism.
Who are João I and Afonso I?
The process where enslaved African were forced to adopt new customs and language.
What is seasoning?
This 1896 Supreme Court ruling legalized the "separate but equal" doctrine, allowing for legalized segregation.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This author and activist challenged the mainstream Civil Rights movement by advocating for black nationalism and self-defense "by any means necessary."
Who is Malcom X?
This artist is famous for creating the 60-panel series "The Migration Series," chronicling the Great Migration.
Who is Jacob Lawrence?
The Red Sea connected this empire to major maritime trade networks.
What is the Aksum Empire?
In 1839, Sengbe Pieh, led a group of enslaved Africans in one of the most famous revolts aboard a slave ship.
What is La Amistad?
The largest internal migrations in U.S History.
What is The Great Migration?
This term refers to the discriminatory practice of refusing mortgages or insurance in minority neighborhoods, restricting wealth accumulation.
What is redlining?
This Harlem Renaissance figure co-founded The Crisis magazine and was a key intellectual leader in the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?