Slavery
what is a 'spiritual'?
The name of a certain set of rules used in Southern States from 1877 and onwards to limit the possibilities of advancement of former slaves.
What are 'the Jim Crow Laws'?
Civil Rights Movement Activist who has given name to a national federal holiday in The US?
Who was 'Martin Luther King'?
The term that Elizabeth Broadbent uses in her blog to describe her own family's beneficial position in American society as non-blacks.
The name of a famous civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat in a bus.
Who was 'Rosa Parks'?
Name of the war whose roots were the disputes over slavery
what is/was 'The Civil War (1861-1965)?
the English word for 'raceadskillelse'
What is 'racial segregation'?
The court ruling in the famous 'Brown vs Board of Education' case from 1954.
'whites only' elementary schools are unconstitutional. You can not exclude black children
Another word for 'institutional racism'
What is 'structural racism', systemic racism?
Name of the first female Vice President of Indian-Jamaican descent in US history
Who is 'Kamala Harris'?
the name of a person who supported the movement to end slavery
what is an 'abolishionist'?
The English expression for 'hvid overlegenhed'
what is 'white supremacy'?
This law from 1964 banned all discrimination based on 'race, colour, religion or national origin'.
What was 'The Civil Rights Act'.
Two examples of 'structural racism' in today's America.
1) educational inequality
2) income inequality
3) over-representation of African Americans in criminal statistics.
4) residential segregation
Name of African American artist whose song 'Freedom' contains the lines: "Freedom, I can't move, Freedom cut me loose, Freedom where are you, cause I need freedom too!"
Who is Beyonce?
Slavery was abolished by law this year
what is '1865'? (The 13the Amendment)
The English word for 'mangfoldighed'?
what is 'diversity'?
The name of an African-American militant organisation/party that was formed with the aim of eradicating racism and which did not approve of Martin Luther King's non-violent approach to protesting.
What was 'The Black Panther Party'? (led by Malcolm X)
Name of the person who has said this:
"I am the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas. I was raised with the help of a white grandfather who survived a Depression to serve in Patton's Army during World War II and a white grandmother who worked on a bomber assembly line at Fort Leavenworth while he was overseas. I've gone to some of the best schools in America and lived in one of the world's poorest nations. I am married to a black American who carries within her the blood of slaves and slaveowners - an inheritance we pass on to our two precious daughters. I have brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, uncles and cousins, of every race and every hue, scattered across three continents, and for as long as I live, I will never forget that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible."
Who is 'Barack Obama'?
The name of the main character in the film'12 Year's a Slave'?
Who was 'Solomon Northup'?
The phrase "All men are created equal" is a quote from this famous document.
what is 'The Declaration of Independence'.
What is 'a domestic negro'?
The name of the type of test African Americans had to take in Louisiana to prevent them from voting (1964). The name of the test has to do with the ability to read and write.
What is a 'literacy test'?
The name of the intellectual movement that has caused anger in American School System (mainly among white parents) because it is based on an intellectual theory that critically challenges the way schools normally teach American history or deals with racial issues.
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What is 'critical race theory'?
The name of the President in front of whose memorial en Washington DC thousands of people gathered in 1963 to listen to MLK's famous 'I Have a Dream speech?
Who was 'Abraham Lincoln'?