Early Black Freedom Movement
Long Civil Rights Movements
Black Power & Black Pride
Identity, Culture, & Connection
Unit 4 Vocabulary
100

Movements in early to mid- 20th century influence of African heritage

Negritude and Negrismo Movements 

100

Interracial organization that fought discrimination and racial violence primarily through legal campaigns

NAACP

100

A movement that promoted self-determination, defended violence as a viable strategy and strove to transform Black consciousness by emphasizing cultural pride

Black Power

100

A movement that celebrated Black beauty and well-being and encouraged African Americans to strengthen their connections to Africa

Black is Beautiful Movement 

100

What was the foundational belief of MLK's movement for civil rights?

Civil Disobedience or Nonviolence

200

1954, Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional

Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka Kansas

200

Assisted African Americans migrating from the rural South during the Great Migration, helping them acclimate to northern urban life and secure housing and jobs.

Urban League

200

A Muslim minister and activist, championed the principles of Black autonomy and encouraged African Americans to build their own social, economic, and political institutions instead of prioritizing integration

Malcolm X

200

Name a singer or songwriter that has contributed to the evolution of African American music, what are they known for?

...........

200

Maya Angelou is known for this poem...

"Still I Rise"

300

Designed as a race-neutral gesture of gratitude toward American veterans returning from World War II

GI Bill of 1944

300

A civil rights organization established by Black and White students in Chicago in 1942

(CORE) Congress of Racial Equity

300

Famous Malcolm X speech 

"Ballot or the Bullet"

300

Name two African American inventions and scientific discoveries that have had a global impact, in the fields of agriculture, technology, medicine, science, and engineering.

..........

300

Who is Condoleezza Rice?

...............

400

Restrictions made it illegal for individuals to live in many communities, NAACP fought housing discrimination from 1914 through the passage of the Fair Housing Act in 1968

Redlining

400

Founded in 1960 when Ella Baker assisted students interested in the SCLC’s activism in founding their own organization after the students organized and staged the Greensboro sit-ins

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

400

Self-Defense was a revolutionary Black Power organization inspired by Malcolm X’s arguments

Black Panthers

400

Define Afro-futurism

A cultural movement that blends science fiction, history, and fantasy to celebrate and reimagine the African diaspora

400

Who were the Little Rock Nine?

Students who were the first to attend an integrated school in the 1950s

500

What did the GI Bill actually do?

Funds for college tuition, low-cost home mortgages, and low-interest business startup loans

500

Emerged through the adaptation of hymns, spirituals, gospel songs, and labor union songs in Black churches

Freedom Songs

500

Called for freedom from oppression and imprisonment, and access to housing, healthcare, education, and employment opportunities

Ten-Point Program

500

Give an example of a form of media, music, movie, or lyrics that is related to Afrofuturism

Black Panther.....

500

Who were Freedom Riders?

Northerns who traveled to the South in hopes of practicing civil disobedience through nonviolence