Name That Movement
This movement began in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman and focuses on ending police brutality and systemic racism.
Black Lives Matter
A peaceful protest where participants refuse to buy certain goods or services to pressure change.
Boycott
The Black Panther Party was founded in 1966 in this California city.
Oakland
"Power to the people."
Huey P. Newton
The 1963 March on Washington helped build momentum for this major federal civil rights law passed the following year.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Fought against racial segregation and discrimination, leading to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Civil Rights Movement
A protest where individuals occupy a space and refuse to leave in order to challenge injustice.
Sit-in
These two college students founded the Black Panther Party.
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
The Selma marches directly pressured Congress to pass this landmark voting legislation in 1965.
The Voting Rights Act
This global movement against sexual harassment and assault went viral in 2017 using a hashtag.
Me Too Movement
When workers collectively refuse to work in order to demand better wages or conditions.
Strike
This 10-point political platform demanded land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice, and peace, and served as the foundation of the Party’s ideology.
The Ten-Point Program of the Black Panther Party
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.”
Angela Davis
The Free Breakfast Program started by the Black Panther Party influenced the federal government to expand funding for this type of school program.
School breakfast programs
A revolutionary organization that emerged from the Black Power movement to combat police brutality, promote self-defense, and advocate for economic/political equality for Black Americans
Black Panther Party
A form of protest where participants intentionally violate a law they believe is unjust and accept the legal consequences.
Civil Disobedience
This coalition-building strategy led the Panthers to form alliances with Latino, poor white, and other marginalized groups in Chicago.
The Rainbow Coalition
“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.”
Malcolm X
The 2020 protests following the killing of George Floyd led many cities to reconsider or reduce funding for this institution.
Police departments
This student-led movement began in 2018 after a school shooting in Parkland, Florida and focused on gun reform legislation.
March For Our Lives
When one group increases its security or power to feel safer, but that action makes the other side feel threatened, escalating conflict during protests.
Security Dilemma
This 1968 confrontation between Panthers and police in Oakland led to the arrest of Huey Newton and sparked the “Free Huey” campaign.
The arrest of Huey P. Newton
"If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring in a folding chair."
Shirley Chisholm
Protests sometimes do not immediately change laws but instead shift this long-term factor, influencing elections, media framing, and public debate.
Public opinion