Civil Rights Movies
This movie was the first film to be shown in the White House
What is Birth of a Nation?
Black Movie goers made up this percentage of audiences.
What is 30%?
Imma Bee allows a glimpse into what Black culture saw as the definition of this word.
What is Success?
These events are not new, but are now much more widely documented due to social media.
What is Police Brutality?
Portrayal of this group is the reason Civil War movies are so often considered to be cursed.
What is the Confederacy?
This Movie was the example I used for the poster in my slideshow
What is Black Shampoo?
Straight Outa Compton represented this trend in rap of the 2000's
What is Hometown Representation?
This concept leads to people feeling bolder on the internet, leading to some saying things they never would in public.
What is Anonymity?
This racist paramilitary group was made up of predominantly Confederate veterans until it's revival in the 1910s
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
Blaxploitation movies were almost always set in China or this type of environment.
What is Urban?
Solja Boy's video of the same name is an excellent example of how Black music benefited from this platform.
What is YouTube?
This Man's death would probably be completely unknown if not for one brave citizen's recording.
Who is George Floyd?
White actors would dawn dark makeup in this practice when Black people were needed for a movie.
What is Blackfacing?
This is the name of the STAR TREK episode shown in class.
What is Plato's Stepchildren?
Gangster's Paradise talked about this social issue and it's effect on Black men
What is Gangsta culture?
The Internet has directly led to a rise in this polarizing force.
What is Radicalism?
Early Hollywood took much of it's inspiration from this circus like travelling show style
What is Vaudeville?
Blaxploitation allowed Black men to show this character trait for the first time in media without being shown as evil.
What is anger and violence?
MC Hammer used both of his music videos I showed to showcase why an audience should do this.
What is Respect him?
The Coup attempt on January 6th was in part inspired by this internet conspiracy.
What is Q Anon?