Time Periods
The time period when Africans and African Americans were legally used for free labor.
What is slavery
The song with a metaphor about lynchings in the South.
What is Strange Fruit
The name of the "whites only club" where they wear white triangular hats
What is the KKK
The name of the woman who refused to give up her seat on the bus in 1954
Who is Rosa Parks
The laws that were practiced to maintain segregation
What are Jim Crow Laws
The time period when Black Americans like Martin Luther King fought for equal rights.
What is the Civil Rights Movement
The poem about the 'darker brother'
What is "I Too"
Another name for minstrel shows
What is Blackface
The name of the preacher who had a dream in 1963
Who is Martin Luther King
The modern movement that fight for black rights and is often mentioned alongside George Floyd.
What is Black Lives Matter
The time period named after the major event which almost tore the United States into two parts.
What is the Civil War
The film about a girl who witnesses her best friend being shot by the police
What is "The Hate U Give"
The crop slaves harvested a lot of in the South
What is cotton
The name of the President who declared the slaves free in 1963
Who is Abraham Lincoln
The practice that Plessy vs. Ferguson made legal in the US
What is segregation = "separate but equal"
The time period in the 1920s which saw a renaissance of Black culture in literature and music.
What is the Harlem Renaissance
The song by 2Pac about being frustrated about the failure to eradicate injustices for Black Americans.
What is "Changes"
The year slavery was abolished in the US
What is 1863
The name of the man who wrote the song "Strange Fruit"
Who is Abel Meeropol.
The two literary devices that dominate the "I Have a Dream" speech
What are repetition and metaphors
The time period after the Civil War when the Americans tried to rebuild America and merging the South and North back into one nation.
What is the Reconstruction Era.
The original title of the song "Strange Fruit"
Whar is "Bitter Fruit"
The Amendment that officially abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment
The Civil Rights activist who thought violence was okay in order to create equality for both black and white people
Who is Malcolm X
The city Emmet Till came from
What is Chicago