Groups and Individuals

Q - MLK - Ideologies and Strategies

1. Who inspired MLK to use non-violent resistance?

2. What did they believe peaceful protest could lead to?

3. What religion did MLK follow?

4. What did he believe about Christian love?

5. What kind of society did he want?

Q - MLK - Ideologies and Strategies

1. Gandhi

2. Significant change

3. Christian

4. It could break the barriers of hatred and racial prejudice, used this Christian influence over African Americans

5. Integrated society

Q - MLK - Contributions

1. What event was he involved in in 1955?

2. What was ruled by SCOTUS after the event?

3. What event was he involved in in 1963?

4. What speech did he give then?

5. What was the consequence of this speech?

6. What campaign in 1963 did he get involved in?

7. What did the demonstration highlight?

A - MLK - Contributions

1. Montgomery Bus Boycott

2. Segregation on buses was unconstitutional

3. The March on Washington

4. I have a dream

5. It was call to action, galvanising the CRM to intensify momentum

6. Birmingham Campaign

7. Violence faced by blacks, pushed desegregation

Q - MLK - Legacy

1. What prize did he win?

2. What legislation did he influence?

3. What kind of inspiration was he?

A - MLK - Legacy

1. Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his pursuit for equality

2. CRA and VRA

3. Global inspiration

Q - Malcom X - Ideologies and Strategies

1. What was black nationalism?

2. What right did he believe everyone had to themselves?

3. What religion did Malcom X follow?

4. What group was he a part of?

A - Malcom X - Ideologies and Strategies

1. Belief in socio-political self-sufficiency for Black Americans, separate black states free from white supremacy

2. Self defence, despite it meaning violence

3. Islam

4. Prominent member of the Nation of Islam, he believed Islam to be a means of united blacks against white oppression as a form of empowerment.

Q - Malcom X - Contributions

1. What did he provide?

2. What did this mean for MLK?

3. What did he do for the NOI?

A - Malcom X - Contributions

1. An alternative viewpoint to the mainstream CR narrative

2. His extremism made him look more moderate and reasonable

3. Great orator for them, bringing attention to the organisation and expanding their influence

Q - Malcom X - Legacy

1. What shift did he make religiously?

2. What did his radical ideas become the foundations of?

A - Malcom X - Legacy

1. He switched to Sunni Islam, preaching unity beyond race

2. The Black Power Movement in the late 1960s