Directions:

Read the slides and look out for questions to answer throughout the lesson. Remember to write the answers in complete sentences on a piece of paper or in your YGB Notebook!

1. Why did James Brown say “Say It Loud - I’m Black and I’m Proud?

2. Who was the founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and what was he called?

3. Who was the first African American person to be invited to the White House?

4. Why did Malcolm X go to Ghana?

5. Who was Dr. Kwame Nkrumah?

6. Why did Nina Simone write “To Be Young, Gifted, and Black”?

7. Who was Medgar Evers?

8. Who is Assata Shakur and what does her name mean?

9. What was the Black Liberation Army?

10. How did Harriet Tubman escape and rescue others from slavery?

11. Who was Mary McLeod Bethune?

12. Who was Maya Angelou and why did she leave Ghana?

13. What was the Negro World?

14. What made Tupac’s music different? What influenced him?

Check to make sure you answered all of the questions!