The Black Power Movement

Former leader of SNCC that turned toward black power and led the Black Panthers

• James Meredith
• Rosa Parks
• James Ray
• Stokley Carmichal

 Using your background knowledge, decide which Civil Rights leader stated these words:
"Black people shouldn't be non-violent unless white people are going to be nonviolent."

• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Malcolm X
• W.E.B. DuBois
• Marcus Gavey

Which can we infer about the Black Panthers?

• They reacted to oppression and racial injustices

• They were militant and only sought to cause harm

• They only used non-violence

• They were created by MLK jr.

Who started the Black Panthers?

• Malcolm X and Huey Newton

• Bobby Seale and Rosa Parks

• Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

• MLK jr. and Malcolm X

What was the signature clothing style that characterized the Panthers?

• red jacket, white beret

• Black leather jacket, black beret

• brown jacket, brown beret

• olive green jacket, green beret

What larger movement did the Panthers emerge from?

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Chicano Movement

• The Native American Movement

• None of the above

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X differed in their:

• willingness to speak publicly

• Opposition to segregation

• Desire to help African Americans

• Methods of Protest

In prison, Malcolm X ______ the Nation of Islam

• Joined

• Founded

• Criticized

• Left

The Nation of Islam is to black nationalism as Martin Luther King, Jr. is to

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Black Supremacy

• Nonviolent Protest

• White Supremacy

Malcolm X spoke out for African Americans' __________ during the Civil Rights era.

• Optimism

• Confidence

• Apathy

• Frustration