AUTHORS CONCEPTS AUTHORS 2.0 ACTIVISTS MIXED BAG
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Who is Toni Morrison
The author of Beloved
100
What is Afro-Pessimism
This theory calls for the end of the world.
100
Who is Malcom X
This author questioned the utility of both the ballot and the bullet
100
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
This activist gave one of his most memorable speeches the night before he was murdered
100
Who is Booker T. Washington
Du Bois famously beefed with this person for giving away Black people's power.
200
Who is Martha Biondi
We read this author's work about the fight for Black studies.
200
What is Combahee River Collective
This group of Black women feminists wrote what some may call a Black feminist manifesto in 1977.
200
Who is Cathy Cohen
This author writes for the punks, the bulldaggers, and welfare queens
200
Who is Frederick Douglass
This activist will have you questioning that Old Navy outfit on the 4th of July
200
Who is Baby Suggs
This character in Morrison's Beloved called on Black folks to love every part of themselves-especially their hearts.
300
Who is Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw
The author coined the term "intersectionality"
300
What is Reparations
Hannah-Jones outlines this as a necessary next step in racial justice work.
300
Who is James Baldwin
Author of The Fire Next Time
300
Who is Stokley Carmichael aka Kwame Touré
This activist gave a fiery speech at UC Berkeley and popularized the term "Black Power"
300
Who is dead prez
This music duo wrote "They Schools", the video José showed in class
400
Who is Barbara Christian
This author cautioned against the "race for theory"
400
What is Double Consciousness
W.E.B Dubois may be most famous for this concept.
400
Who is Russel Rickford
This author wrote about community control and movement schools.
400
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer
This activist famously said "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired"
400
What is For Members Only (FMO)
The fight for Black Studies at Northwestern led to the creation of this organization that remains active today.
500
Who is Cheryl Clarke
This author writes about lesbianism as an act of resistance.
500
What is The Problem of the Colorline
Du Bois famously said the problem of the 20th century is this:
500
Who is Brittany Cooper
This author wrote about a Black feminist future.
500
Who is Assata Shakur
This activist addressed Black people directly in her courtroom appeal; she escaped from prison and currently lives in Cuba
500
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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