Black Power and Black Studies
Chapter One - The Myth of the Panthers
Chapter Two - Before the Panthers - Part 1
Chapter Two - Before the Panthers - Part 2
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A group working toward equality and legal rights for a marginalized group.
Most commonly referring to the movement of organizations led by African Americans in the U.S. between the 1940s and 1970s that advocated for equality in education, employment, housing, voting, and other major civil rights areas.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
100
Sharing a name with a Marvel Superhero; Founded in 1966, this revolutionary organization advocating for Black power and armed self-defense against police brutality.
What is the Black Panther Party?
100
This 6-year-old student that had to be escorted by a U.S. Marshals in New Orleans in 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
100
In rejecting nonviolence, this Civil Rights leader became one of the most controversial leaders of the movement, first as a member of the Nation of Islam and then as the founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Who is Malcolm X?
200
A movement and political belief system that emphasizes building Black-serving institutions and leaders. The term Black Power was coined by Stokely Carmichael during a speech after being arrested for the 27th time in 1966.
What is Black Power?
200
The Black Panther Party was formed in this California city.
What is Oakland?
200
During this American war, more than 100,000 black men fought for the Union agains the South.
What is the Civil War?
200
On September 15, 1963, members of this White Supremacist Hate Group bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing 11-year-old Carol Denise McNair, and three 14-year-olds, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, and Carole Robertson.
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
300
An ideology centered on the thinking of Marcus Garvey, which emphasized pride, empowerment, and economic prosperity for Black communities.
What is Garveyism?
300
The full title of the Black Panther Party is the Black Panther Party for ____-____.
What is Self-Defense?
300
Black Americans fled the South by the millions looking for a better way of life in the early 1900s in this movement.
What is the Great Migration?
300
In 1966, this World Heavyweight Boxing refused to be drafted to go to Vietnam, calling into question America's hypocrisy when it came to freedom.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
400
An ideology that emphasizes pride in being Black, economic self-sufficiency, and Black separatism.
What is Black Nationalism?
400
The Black Panther Party created more than 60 "Survival Programs" to help communities across the country.
This included providing this meal for school children.
What is Free Breakfast?
400
Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma was also known by this nickname.
What is "Black Wall Street?"
400
After being arrested for the 27th time this former member of SNCC coined the phrase "Black Power" in his 1966 speech.
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
500
Born to sharecroppers Lou Ella and James Lee Townsend in Montgomery County, Mississippi, this person co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) in 1964.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
500
The Black Panther Party was founded by these two individuals.
Who are Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale?
500
This 14-year-old boy was brutally murdered after a false accusation from a group of white people in Mississippi (his mother displayed his body in an open-casket funeral).
Who is Emmett Till?
500
Comprised mostly of college-age members, this non-violent organization's members were crucial participants in the Freedom Rides of 1961, the March on Washington in 1963, and other Civil Rights movements.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
