African &Reconstruction Themes
This concept means"go back and get it," encouraging learning from the past.
Sankofa
This ancient Egyptian concept represents truth, balance, and justice.
Maat
Jim Crow Laws
This violent act involved mob killings, often targeting Black Americans.
Lynching
This politcal organization promoted Black power and self-defense.
Black Panther Party
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
Thirteenth Amendment
This is the study of how history is written and interpreted.
Historiography
This theory misapplied evolution to justify inequality among races.
Social Darwinism
This supreme court cased upheld "separate but equal".
Plessy v. Ferguson
Bobby Seale
Black Codes
Culture
This organization, led by Marcus Garvey, promoted Black Pride and self-reliance.
Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
This educator founded Tuskegee Institute and supported gradual progess.
Booker T. Washington
This Black Panther Leader became known for his writings and activism.
Eldridge Cleaver
This amendment granted citizenship and equal protection under the law.
Euro-Centered
This Group focused on improving the lives of Black women.
National Association of Colored Women. (NACW)
This Black women activist worked for education and community uplift.
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
This journalist and activist fought for civil rights and co-founded Niagara Movement.
William Monroe Trotter
Freedmen's Bureau
This theory falsely claimed that African civilizations were influenced by non-Africans
Hamitic Hypothesis
This movement promoted unity among people of African descent worldwide.
Pan-Africanism
This white supremacist group used violence and intimidation.
Ku Klux Klan
This FBI director oversaw COINTELPRO and targeted activists.
J. Edgar Hoover