Chapter 5 : The Black Power Movement Activity

True or False: Black Activists such as Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. weren't directly connected to the Black Power Movement, but best recognized for their advocacy of black empowerment

• True

• False

What was regarded as the "high point" for protests during the civil rights era?

• March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963)

• Sit-ins at Woolworth's lunch counter (1960)

• Montgomery bus boycott (1955)

• Selma to Montgomery marches (1965)

What two assassinations/deaths in 1965 created violent uprisings?

• James Reeb & Medgar Evers

• Jimmy Lee Jackson & Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X & Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X & Jimmy Lee Jackson

What was the main ideology of the Black Power Movement?

• Advocacy for integration and assimilation into main stream society.

• Promotion of empowerment and self-sufficiency within the Black community

• Black people have a right and must unite themselves to determine their own destiny.

• Embracing non-violence resistance to achieve racial equality

Where was the current term of "Black Power" first used?

• A speech by Malcolm X in 1964

• A book published in 1954 by Richard Wright

• The founding statement of the Black Panther Party in 1966

• A documentary film released in 1968

What does SNCC stand for?

• Social Network for Community Change

• Southern National Coordinating Committee

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

• Strategic Nonviolent Cooperation Committee

Who are They:

They were a prominent civil rights activist in the 1960s. They Coined the phrase "Black Power" and advocated for Black empowerment, self-determination, and unity. Their ideas had a significant impact on the civil rights movement, pushing for a more assertive approach to confronting racism. They continued activism and advocacy until passing in 1998. Who are they?

• Malcolm X
• Huey P. Newton

• Bobby Seale

• Stokley Carmichael

Who created the Black Panther Party?

• Malcolm X and Stokley Carmichael

• Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver
• Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale

• Barack Obama & Michelle Obama

What was Freedomways?

• A civil rights organization focused on voter registration

• A quarterly African-American political and cultural magazine

• A protest movement advocating for desegregation

• A social club promoting African-American entrepreneurship

What Black publication was constantly at odds with the Freedomways journal?

• The Black Scholar journal

• The Jet magazine

• The Liberator

• The Ebony magazine