Notable thinkers, leaders, artists, and core concepts used across the course, such as double consciousness, the color line, respectability politics, and intersectionality, with each figure tied to their contribution.
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- Frederick Douglass
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Escaped enslaved person who became a prominent abolitionist orator and writer- What is code-switching?
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Changing one's speech, behavior, or cultural references based on social and cultural context- Ida B. Wells
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Journalist and activist known for anti-lynching investigative work and journalism- What is double consciousness?
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W.E.B. Du Bois concept describing how Black Americans see themselves through white eyes, creating psychological division- Marcus Garvey
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Jamaican-born leader who founded UNIA and promoted back-to-Africa movement and Pan-Africanism- What is respectability politics?
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Strategy of conforming to white middle-class standards and values to gain social acceptance and respect- Thurgood Marshall
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Civil rights lawyer who argued Brown v. Board of Education against school segregation- What is systemic racism?
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Structural inequalities and discriminatory practices embedded in institutions, policies, and social systems- Zora Neale Hurston
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Anthropologist and author who documented African American folklore, vernacular, and cultural practices- What is civil disobedience?
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Deliberate violation of laws considered unjust in order to protest and create social change- Fannie Lou Hamer
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Voting rights activist and organizer known for voter registration drives and powerful speeches- What is Black nationalism?
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Ideology emphasizing Black self-determination, political independence, and racial pride- Ella Baker
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Grassroots organizer who believed in democratic, decentralized leadership rather than top-down models- What is intersectionality?
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Concept describing how race, gender, class, sexuality, and other identities intersect and compound experiences of discrimination- Stokely Carmichael
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SNCC leader who popularized the phrase and ideology of Black Power
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