WorksheetsBlack Power
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
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
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
Former leader of SNCC that turned toward black power and led the Black Panthers
James Meredith
Rosa Parks
James Ray
Stokley Carmichal
What does Black Power Movement Mean?
Movement of the 1960s and 1970s was a political and social movement whose advocates believed in racial pride, self-sufficiency, and equity for all people of Black and African descent.
The movement was a struggle for social justice that took place mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for Black Americans to gain equal rights under the law in the United States.
a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all indigenous and diaspora ethnic groups of African descent; noun
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
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
What religion did Malcolm become interested in, while he was in jail?
Christianity
Judaism
The Nation of Islam
Buddhism
What is the name for the idea that Black Americans should have their own country?
Black Nationalism
The Nation of Islam
White Nationalism
Black Pride
Who coined the term 'Black Power' during the Civil Rights Movement?
A) Martin Luther King Jr.
B) Malcolm X
C) Stokely Carmichael
D) Rosa Parks
Which event is often associated with the rise of the Black Power movement?
A) The March on Washington
B) The Selma to Montgomery marches
C) The Watts Riots
D) The Montgomery Bus Boycott
