Slavery to Jim Crow
The 8-12 week journey from Africa to the Western World
What is the Middle Passage?
This amendment officially abolished slavery in the United States
What is the 13th amendment?
This civil rights leader is known for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus
This movement began as a hashtag but has grown to an organization and an even larger movement with millions of supporters
What is black lives matter?
In addition to being a legendary conductor of the underground railroad, this woman was also a cook, nurse, and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War
Who is Harriet Tubman?
A significant practice, relationship, or organization in a society or culture
What is an institution?
Stage shows popular in the 1800’s, where characters in blackface use skits, dancing, and music, that stereotype African Americans for entertainment
What are Minstrel Shows?
The systematic denial of mortgages, insurance, loans, and other financial services based on location and race instead of standard qualifications
What is redlining?
This Disease is 60% more common in Black Americans than in White Americans.
What is Diabetes?
This woman became the spokesperson and press secretary of the Black Panther Party and became one of the most well known women within the party
Who is Kathleen Cleaver?
Who are John Adams and John Quincy Adams?
A golden age of African American Culture centered in New York City as a Black cultural mecca.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Malcolm X rejected the idea of non-violence in the face of violence, instead advocating for
What is self-defense by any means necessary?
Black Lives Matter was a response George Zimmerman's acquittal in the murder of this teenager
Who is Trayvon Martin?
The only woman to lead the Black Panther Party, this woman was responsible for the building of 300 houses for displaced people, establishing of free health clinics, and the Black Panther Liberation Schools
Who is Elaine Brown?
W.E.B DuBois idea of educating a small number of African Americans through higher education and they will be responsible for uplifting the rest of the community
What is the talented tenth?
Commonly referred to as Black Wall Street, this neighborhood was one of the most prosperous African American Neighborhoods in the nation before it was burned down
What is The Greenwood District in Tulsa Oklahoma?
The first black person appointed to the supreme court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
The percent of African Americans who graduated college within 6 years of entering
What is 40%?
This woman was a professor at UCLA and UC Santa Cruz. She was also inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame and she was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People
Who is Angela Davis?
This man supported African Americans taking up manual labor jobs and trades as opposed to formal higher education
Who is Booker T. Washington
This ruling upheld segregation and legalized separate but equal in the United States
What is Plessy vs Ferguson?
Malcolm X believed in this idea...calling for the resources to control their own politics, their own society, their own economics
What is racial separation?
Replacing a family-owned grocery store in a low-income neighborhood with a Walmart Supercenter would be an example of
What is Gentrification?
This woman was the second black woman to graduate from Columbia Law School and used her law expertise to become an outspoken advocate for women's rights
Who is Flo Kennedy?