Fit for a King
King's tenure at Morehouse College, an experience that shaped his moral imagination and commitment to social justice, ended in graduation in this year and at this age.
What is 1948 and 19?
This activist, scholar, and author became a symbol of the Black liberation struggle after being placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list in 1970.
Who is Angela Davis?
She served as the Literary Editor of The Crisis magazine from 1919 to 1926, helping launch the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Jessie Redmon Fauset?
At the heart of James Baldwin’s leadership was this enduring American issue, which he exposed as both a moral failing and a national contradiction.
What is racism?
She is one of the three co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement.
After completing studies at Crozer Theological Seminary, King earned his Ph.D. from this university.
What is Boston University?
Davis earned her doctorate in philosophy under this German Marxist theorist known for his work on critical theory.
Who is Herbert Marcuse?
In There Is Confusion (1924), Fauset challenged racist archetypes by centering this social class—often ignored in early 20th-century depictions of African Americans.
What is the Black Middle Class?
Baldwin was born in this neighborhood in Harlem known for curating Black intellectualism and social advancement.
What is Harlem?
Alicia Garza co-founded a global movement in 2013 after the murder of Trayvon Martin that bears the name of this rallying cry.
What is Black Lives Matter?
King served as the Senior Pastor at Montgomery, Alabama church from 1954-1960.
What is Dexter Avenue Baptist Church?
In 2020, Angela Davis appeared on the cover of this magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” issue, highlighting her enduring role in social justice movements.
What is TIME magazine?
Fauset’s 1928 novel Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral explored this controversial theme through the story of Angela Murray, a light-skinned woman who leaves her hometown and acts as white.
What is passing (racial passing)?
Living at the crossroads of Blackness and queerness, Baldwin illuminated how these two forces of oppression worked together to marginalize identity in America.
What is racism and homophobia?
To invest in future community leaders and sustain her activism, Garza founded this organization focused on political empowerment and leadership development.
What is the Black Futures Lab?
King’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance was deeply inspired by his 1959 journey to learn more about this Indian leader.
Who is Mahatma Gahndi?
Davis was a prominent member of this Marxist political organization, which she joined in the late 1960s.
What is the Communist Party USA?
Fauset’s leadership style is supported by her belief that liberation must be paired with humility and truth, a worldview shaped by the values of her father who was a pastor in this progressive Black Christian denomination.
What is the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church?
Disillusioned by America’s racism and alienated by homophobia within his own community, Baldwin sought refuge in this European city—where distance from his homeland sharpened his voice into a mirror for its moral failures.
What is Paris, France?
In addition to police violence, Garza’s work targets systemic inequities such as the racial wealth gap—citing 2019 Federal Reserve data showing that white families hold nearly this many times more wealth than Black families.
What is eight times as much?
These two traditional career paths are what King thought he was to take up before engaging in ministry?
What is lawyer or doctor?
This 1981 book by Angela Davis examines the intersections of race, class, and gender in the history of women’s resistance in America.
What is Women, Race and Class?
Her intellectual and intimate relationship with this towering Harlem Renaissance thought leader has been described as the "engine of the Harlem Renaissance."
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois?
Baldwin declared that America’s future depended on acknowledging its racial injustice and reclaiming its moral integrity in a debate with this conservative commentator.
Who is William F. Buckley Jr.?
Alicia Garza’s activism was sparked by the 2013 acquittal of this man, who fatally shot Trayvon Martin.
Who is George Zimmerman?