American History
They lost the American Revolutionary War.
The British.
This explains the number of stars and stripes in the American flag.
13 stars representing the original 13 colonies
50 stripes representing the 50 states
Laws aiming at segregation
Jim Crow Laws
This young boy and this woman both played an important role in the start of the Civil Rights Movement.
Emmett Till and Rosa Parks
A decentralized political and social movement protesting against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence against black people.
Black Lives Matter
This event lead to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. There was no alcohol ... only tea.
The Boston Tea Party.
The American national anthem.
Star spangled banner.
The act of a white mob killing someone without a legal trial.
Lynching.
A civil rights activist with a peaceful and non-violent approach.
Martin Luther King.
George Floyd's words that reverberate around the world.
"I can't breathe".
The two major reasons for the breakout of the Civil War.
Slavery and secession.
The western US where settlers began to move to live in the 19th century. Also known as the border between two countries.
The Frontier.
It is the title of Langston Hughes' poem about a black kid a carnival.
Merry-Go-Round
A civil rights activist who believed in racial equality, black supremacy and anti-semitism.
Malcolm X.
These are three examples of societal areas in which African-Americans still experience segregation and one area in which improvements have been made - as mentioned in the text "Post-racist America?".
Still segregation:
Housing - income - education - crime
Improvements: Politics
"We hold these truths to self-evident that all men are created equal" ... is preamble of this important document.
The Declaration of Independence.
This guy wrote the first definition of the American Dream
James Truslow Adams
Billie Holiday's song in which an extended metaphor is used.
Strange Fruit.
The struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States.
The Civil Rights Movement.
Racism that is structured into political and social institutions and therefore difficult to recognize directly.
Structural racism / institutional racism / systemic racism.
Important documents adopted in 1789 and 1791.
The US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
These are the six basic American values and their connection.
Individualism - Self-reliance
Equality - Competition
Material wealth - Hard work
Solomon Northup's memoir.
Twelve Years a Slave
The abbreviation is NAACP and the organization works to disrupt inequality, dismantle racism, and accelerate change in key areas including criminal justice, health care, education, climate, and the economy.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Important African-Asian American female politician.
Vice-president Kamala Harris