Assignment
Part 1
Watch the film Rise of the Black Pharaohs and answer the following questions.
What is significant about the location and the construction of the Deffufa?
Explain how trade helped to fuel the Kush's rise to power?
Give an example how the Kush people were influenced by Egyptian culture.
Give an example of how Piye and Shabaqo were considered strong and merciful leaders.
Why do Jewish historians hail Taharqo, "The Savior of the People"?
After watching the film explain the important role of archeologists in discovering and identifying the African kingdoms of the ancient past.
Part 2
Watch the film Slavery in the Making of America: Seeds of Destruction
According to Harriet Jacobs, why is having beauty a curse for enslaved women?
Besides being enslaved, what was Nat Turner's profession? Why did this concern slave owners?
Explain what the term "brutalized" meant to Harriet Jacobs.
Who was more likely to run away from slavery? Why were women not as likely to run away?
Describe how slavery psychologically affected children?
Give an example of how Northern states benefited from slavery?
Part 3
Watch the film Underground Railroad: The William Still Story
How is William Still's character developed by the events of his childhood and young adulthood?
Give three examples of what William Still is able to accomplish to help the abolition movement from his location in Philadelphia?
In your opinion, why is William Still not as popularized as Harriet Tubman?
Part 4
Watch the film Aftershock: Beyond the Civil War
Give two reasons why political violence erupted when black soliders peacefully assembled to get the right to vote in New Orleans.
Explain where and how the Ku Klux Klan got started? Describe some of the tactics used by the Klan.
Reconstruction is typically viewed as a "black and white" issue. Why is it important to explore the struggles of Lumbee Native Americans and the resistance of the Lowery Gang?
Some historians have argued that America was built on violence and that we should not be surprised by the violence we see in society today because of our historical past. Do you believe that American is more/less violent today than during the Reconstruction time period? Give an example to prove your point. What may be a possible difference in regards to the violence we see today?
Part 5
Watch the film The Mighty Times: Children's March
Why couldn't the parents or adults protest? What would happen to them if they did protest?
What does it mean to "meet violence with nonviolence"? What would it look like?
Gwen Webb says, "A lot of people thought the kids were going to get hurt, but the reality was that we were born black in Alabama and we were going to get hurt if we didn't do something." What did she mean by this?
Briefly explain the significance of John F. Kennedy's speech on TV after the Children's March.
Part 6
Watch the film Many Rivers Crossed: Rise
Why did racial tensions explode in Detroit?
Explain the reason behind calling Detroit the "arsenal of racial conflict"
How did actor and singer Paul Robeson's use his celebrity status to participate in the Civil Rights Movement? Why is he often overlooked in the Civil Rights Movement?
What were two of the reactions from parents in New Orleans when Ruby Bridges desegregated a white elementary school?
Before sitting at the lunch counters in Nashville, how did the students train for the non-violence/passive resistance? Why did passive resistance work in Nashville?
Give two reasons why Malcolm X was appealing to Northern African American audiences.
Part 7
Watch the film Many Rivers Crossed: A More Perfect Union
How did the statement "Black is Beautiful" become popularized into the mainstream?
Angela Glover Blackwell says, "In the African American community we have a tale of three cities..." Name and describe the three cities...
What problems are triggered by joblessness?
What did the government's failure to respond to Hurricane Katrina reveal about race and poverty?
Explain how and why the system of mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow?