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

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.

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

• Chicago

• Atlanta

• New York

• Los Angeles

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

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

• Marcus Garvey

• Kwame Nkrumah

• Nelson Mandela

• Toussaint Louverture

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

• Howard University

• Spelman College

• Tuskegee University

• Morehouse College

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

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

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.