BHM 6
A student based organization that worked to build activists out of the youth on college campuses during the 1960s.
SNCC
One of the most well-known Black dancers/choreographers who opened his own Dance school in New York
Alvin Ailey Jr.
An army of Black women in Africa who protected their nation similarly to the Dora Milaje of Marvel Comics.
Dahomey Warriors
All Black sports league that began in 1920 and featured teams like the Kansas City Monarchs and the Homestead Grays
Negro League Baseball
An outspoken advocate for Gay Rights and a self-proclaimed Drag Queen that was a founder of the STAR initiative.
Marsha P. Johnson
Landmark Supreme Court Case that considered segregation of schools to be unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
Student led movement in the 1960s that began in North Carolina and was intended on integrating lunch counters and shopping centers.
Sit-In Movement
A Civil Rights group founded in the 1960s that emphasized policing our own communities, free lunch programs for school aged children, and political empowerment of Black people.
Black Panther Party
Movement of the 1920s and 1930s that saw the rise of Black affluent figures in art, music, business, theater, dance, fashion, politics, and education.
Harlem Renaissance
In 1995, one million Black men marched to Washington D.C., starting from all areas of the country to dispute stereotypes of Black men and to hear Civil Rights leaders speak on progression of the Black community
Million Man March
This was a series of bus trips throughout the segregated south in 1961 with Black and White riders on the same buses to protest segregation.
Freedom Rides
This all Black comic book imprint was published through DC comics and showcased majority Black and Latino characters dealing with issues often ignored by Superman and Batman
Milestone Media Comics
This historical document was written to emphasize the need for direct action and to not wait for Civil Rights, since waiting might mean never.
Letter from Birmingham Jail
This is an ideology that violence should never be initiated in the fight for freedom, but force should be met with force if violence is brought upon those who request freedom.
By any means necessary
This bus passenger refused to give up her seat before Rosa Parks became famous for doing so in protest
Claudette Colvin
A case involving an enslaved man suing for the freedom of himself, his wife, and two children.
Dred Scott v Sandford
Who was the first Black Oscar winner in 1939?
Hattie McDaniels
This Detroit based record company was the home of many pioneers in music that changed the sound of soul and R&B. Such as Marvin Gaye and the Temptations.
MoTown Records