Introduction to the Black Panthers and African American Historical Theories

Flashcards testing key historical facts, figures, and theoretical concepts regarding the Black Panther Party and African American studies.

Stokely Carmichael argued that SNCC was not doing enough, which contributed to the rise of the __________ movement.

Black Panthers

The Black Panther Party was founded in 1966 by college students Bobby Seale and __________.

Huey Newton

The Black Panther Party was formed in 1966 following the assassination of Malcolm X and the killing of a 16-year-old unarmed black youth named __________.

Matthew Johnson

From 1974 until the late 1970s, __________ served as the head of the national Black Panther Party.

Elaine Brown

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the Black Panther Party the greatest threat to internal __________.

security

In 1982, the federal government paid __________ to settle a lawsuit alleging FBI involvement in the Chicago police raid that killed Fred Hampton and Mark Clark.

$1,800,000

Donna Murch is an associate professor of history at Rutgers University and author of Living for the City: Migration, Education, and the Rise of the Black Panther Party in __________.

Oakland, California

After initial police patrols, the Black Panthers shifted their focus to community programs described as survival pending __________.

revolution

The Black Panthers united with white radical youth to create a multiracial coalition called the __________ coalition.

rainbow

Many modern movement organizations open their meetings with a poem written in Cuba in the 1980s by former Panther __________.

Assata Shakur

Educational democracy theory argues that American school norms are designed primarily for white, middle-class, __________ individuals.

Christian

Nathan Hare's concept of __________ uses the metaphor of a two-sided scale to illustrate how dominant culture overburdens educational curricula.

black consciousness

Kawaida theory holds that African American culture is threatened by white nationalism and led to the creation of the holiday __________.

Kwanzaa

In Afrocentric theory, the term __________ refers specifically to the forced migration of black people to the Americas.

diaspora

In African American historical theory, __________ analysis highlights how experiences of inequality differ between rich and poor individuals.

class

In African American studies, the process of unlearning false or inaccurate historical information is known as __________.

deconstruction

The specific field dedicated to studying the continent of Africa and its current inhabitants is called __________ studies.

African