Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar - Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity

Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar - Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity

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Jeffrey OG Oak bar, a history professor, shares his family's migration story from Louisiana and Mississippi to Chicago, highlighting their connection to Emmett Till. He discusses the significance of naming and identity, influenced by the Black Power Movement. His academic journey led him to study the Black Panther Party and Nation of Islam, exploring the Black Power Movement's impact on African American culture and politics.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What city did the speaker's family move to from Louisiana and Mississippi?

Chicago

Atlanta

New York

Los Angeles

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What significant historical event is connected to the speaker's family through a class photo?

The Selma to Montgomery marches

The Montgomery Bus Boycott

The March on Washington

The Emmett Till case

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one of the names considered for the speaker, reflecting cultural and political influences?

Marcus Garvey

Kwame Nkrumah

Nelson Mandela

Toussaint Louverture

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which college did the speaker attend, where he experienced a celebration of blackness?

Howard University

Spelman College

Tuskegee University

Morehouse College

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the focus of the speaker's dissertation?

The Underground Railroad

The Civil Rights Movement

The Black Panther Party and the Nation of Islam

The Harlem Renaissance

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is one of the institutional legacies of the Black Power movement mentioned by the speaker?

The creation of Black Student Unions

The establishment of the NAACP

The development of the Civil Rights Act

The founding of the United Negro College Fund

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which historian is mentioned as arguing for the existence of a 'veritable black power studies'?

Cornel West

Angela Davis

Peniel Joseph

Henry Louis Gates Jr.