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Black Power

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who created the Black Panther Party?

a)

Malcolm X and Stokley Carmichael

b)

Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver

c)

Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale

d)

Barack Obama & Michelle Obama

2.

What was Freedomways?

a)

A civil rights organization focused on voter registration

b)

A quarterly African-American political and cultural magazine

c)

A protest movement advocating for desegregation

d)

A social club promoting African-American entrepreneurship

3.

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

a)

The Black Scholar journal

b)

The Jet magazine

c)

The Liberator

d)

The Ebony magazine

4.

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

a)

True

b)

False

5.

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

a)

James Meredith

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

James Ray

d)

Stokley Carmichal

6.

What does Black Power Movement Mean?

a)

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.

b)

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.

c)

a worldwide movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all indigenous and diaspora ethnic groups of African descent; noun

7.

Which can we infer about the Black Panthers?

a)

They reacted to oppression and racial injustices

b)

They were militant and only sought to cause harm

c)

They only used non-violence

d)

They were created by MLK jr.

8.

Who started the Black Panthers?

a)

Malcolm X and Huey Newton

b)

Bobby Seale and Rosa Parks

c)

Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

d)

MLK jr. and Malcolm X

9.

What was the signature clothing style that characterized the Panthers?

a)

red jacket, white beret

b)

Black leather jacket, black beret

c)

brown jacket, brown beret

d)

olive green jacket, green beret

10.

What larger movement did the Panthers emerge from?

a)

The Civil Rights Movement

b)

The Chicano Movement

c)

The Native American Movement

d)

None of the above

11.

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."

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Malcolm X

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Marcus Gavey

12.

What religion did Malcolm become interested in, while he was in jail?

a)

Christianity

b)

Judaism

c)

The Nation of Islam

d)

Buddhism

13.

What is the name for the idea that Black Americans should have their own country?

a)

Black Nationalism

b)

The Nation of Islam

c)

White Nationalism

d)

Black Pride

14.

Who coined the term 'Black Power' during the Civil Rights Movement?

a)

A) Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

B) Malcolm X

c)

C) Stokely Carmichael

d)

D) Rosa Parks

15.

Which event is often associated with the rise of the Black Power movement?

a)

A) The March on Washington

b)

B) The Selma to Montgomery marches

c)

C) The Watts Riots

d)

D) The Montgomery Bus Boycott