Vocab
What is Activism?
getting organized and taking action to fight for a change
What is the name of the group of white supremacist who lynched black people in the south and bombed a church in Alabama killing 4 little girls?
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Name of group that advocated for black people's rights during the 1960's
Black Panthers
where was Martin Luther King shot?
Memphis
What is it called when wealthy and white people move into a neighborhood and results in higher rent and the poc having to move away?
gentrification
What is non-violent protesting? Give an example.
organizing and fighting for a change without using violence using sit-ins, petitions, or peaceful protests
Who was Emmett Till? Where and how did he die?
14 year old kid from Chicago who was killed by white men in mississippi for whistling at a white woman
Who were the Young Lords
Group of Hispanic People during the 1960's that fought to have better rights for their people
What does the 14th amendment say?
Anyone who is born in the US has the rights of a US citizen
How is Manhattan Financially segregated?
because it is split up between how much money people make
What is self-reliance?
only depending on yourself or a group of people
Explain how the movie Tarzan was racist
Tarzan meant "white skin"
raised by apes and he protects a white woman from the "savage" africans
Asian activist during the 1960's who worked along with Malcolm X and there is a mural about them working together in Harlem
Yuri Kochiyama
What was "the doll test" that a psychologist used to prove segregation was harming kids self-esteem?
Kids were asked to point to a white doll or a black doll when answering questions like "who is the good doll?" or "who is that bad doll?"
What was the name of the student who got kicked out of Central High school in Arkansas?
Minnijean Brown
What is self-determination?
when a person or group of people determine their own path and build their own community
How was W.E.B DuBois and assimilationist?
Because he believed black people had to be educated to prove themselves to white people but only one tenth of black people were smart enough
Name three things the Young Lords or Black Panthers Demanded in their 10 point programs
better housing, end to police brutality, end to sexism, end to imperialism,
Who wrote "all men are created equally" and why is that a contradiction?
Jefferson and because that did not include black people or women
Describe what was "Black Wall Street" and what happened to it.
Black Wall street was a town in Tulsa, Oklahoma where Black People were starting over and opening businesses. Unfortunately the town was burned down in a race riot.
What is school integration?
When white schools let students of color join?
How was Booker T. Washington racist?
Washington believed black people had to be okay with holding the jobs like plumbers and carpenters, workign with their hands
Who said "By Any Means Necessary"?
Malcolm X
What year was the first colony in the Americas and what year did slavery start?
1612 and 1619
What was the name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled the racial segregation of schools unconstitutional?
Brown V Board of education