Unit 4: the civil rights movement, Black Power, Black feminism, the Black Arts Movement, debates over strategy and identity, and contemporary movements and scholarship in African American studies.
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- What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 accomplish?
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Outlawed racial discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and education- What voting restrictions did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 target?
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Literacy tests and other discriminatory voting barriers in the South- When was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom held?
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August 28, 1963- What were the Freedom Rides?
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Organized bus trips through the South challenging segregation in interstate transportation- What does SNCC stand for?
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee- What was the SCLC's primary focus?
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Organizing nonviolent direct action campaigns against segregation- What philosophical approach to change did Martin Luther King Jr. advocate?
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Nonviolent civil disobedience and moral suasion- What were Jim Crow laws?
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State and local laws that enforced racial segregation after Reconstruction- What did the slogan 'Black Power' emphasize?
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Black self-determination, pride, and independent Black political and economic development- What was Malcolm X's position on racial integration?
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He rejected integration and advocated for Black separatism and self-defense- What was the basic ideology of the Nation of Islam?
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Black separatism, self-sufficiency, and moral discipline under Islamic teachings- When was the Black Panther Party founded?
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1966- What was Huey Newton's role in the Black Panther Party?
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Co-founder and leader who articulated the party's revolutionary political ideology- What was Bobby Seale's role in the Black Panther Party?
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Co-founder who helped establish the party's Ten-Point Program of demands- What is black nationalism?
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An ideology emphasizing Black cultural, political, and economic independence from white-dominated institutions
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