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Who is Toni Morrison
The author of Beloved
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What is Afro-Pessimism
This theory calls for the end of the world.
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Who is Malcom X
This author questioned the utility of both the ballot and the bullet
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Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
This activist gave one of his most memorable speeches the night before he was murdered
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Who is Booker T. Washington
Du Bois famously beefed with this person for giving away Black people's power.
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Who is Martha Biondi
We read this author's work about the fight for Black studies.
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What is Combahee River Collective
This group of Black women feminists wrote what some may call a Black feminist manifesto in 1977.
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Who is Cathy Cohen
This author writes for the punks, the bulldaggers, and welfare queens
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Who is Frederick Douglass
This activist will have you questioning that Old Navy outfit on the 4th of July
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Who is Baby Suggs
This character in Morrison's Beloved called on Black folks to love every part of themselves-especially their hearts.
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Who is Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw
The author coined the term "intersectionality"
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What is Reparations
Hannah-Jones outlines this as a necessary next step in racial justice work.
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Who is James Baldwin
Author of The Fire Next Time
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Who is Stokley Carmichael aka Kwame Touré
This activist gave a fiery speech at UC Berkeley and popularized the term "Black Power"
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Who is dead prez
This music duo wrote "They Schools", the video José showed in class
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Who is Barbara Christian
This author cautioned against the "race for theory"
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What is Double Consciousness
W.E.B Dubois may be most famous for this concept.
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Who is Russel Rickford
This author wrote about community control and movement schools.
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Who is Fannie Lou Hamer
This activist famously said "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired"
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What is For Members Only (FMO)
The fight for Black Studies at Northwestern led to the creation of this organization that remains active today.
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Who is Cheryl Clarke
This author writes about lesbianism as an act of resistance.
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What is The Problem of the Colorline
Du Bois famously said the problem of the 20th century is this:
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Who is Brittany Cooper
This author wrote about a Black feminist future.
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Who is Assata Shakur
This activist addressed Black people directly in her courtroom appeal; she escaped from prison and currently lives in Cuba
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Who is Rosie Simpson
This Black woman/mother/activist simultaneously fought for desegregation and community control in Elizabeth Todd-Breland's work
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