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BOPA:

BOPA:. Define with a complete sentence: American Journey 889-891 Civil Rights Act of 1964: Voting Rights Act of 1965: Watts Riots:. James Baldwin George Jackson* Chester Himes* Assata Shakur*. HOMEWORK. For whomever you choose, you must write out responses and be ready to talk about:

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  1. BOPA: Define with a complete sentence: American Journey 889-891 Civil Rights Act of 1964: Voting Rights Act of 1965: Watts Riots:

  2. James Baldwin George Jackson* Chester Himes* Assata Shakur* HOMEWORK For whomever you choose, you must write out responses and be ready to talk about: -What groups was this person associated with? -What did they do to support their cause? Tell me specific actions! -What were criticisms of this person? By who? Bobby Seale John Lewis Louis Farrakhan Angela Davis

  3. Groups? Black Panthers, SCLC, NAACP, SNCC, CORE, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. Chicago 8- went on trial for inciting riots What did they do to support their cause? Arrested at national convention What were criticisms of this person? By who? Protesting, violence, Bobby Seale

  4. Groups? House of Representatives, SNCC What did they do to support their cause? Bus Boycotts, Original freedom rider, sit ins, one of the Big 6, organized voter registration that led to bloody sunday What were criticisms of this person? By who? criticized for criticizing people, racists didn’t really like him. John Lewis

  5. Groups? Nation of Islam What did they do to support their cause? Founder/Head of Nation of Islam, part of plot to murder Malcolm X, speeches, still alive What were criticisms of this person? By who? cheated on his wife (Malcolm X), killed Macolm x, preached violence, racist Louis Farrakhan

  6. Groups? Black Panthers, VP of Communist Party What did they do to support their cause? Violent protests, spoke out against the “prison-industrial-complex”, accused of trying to break Black Panther leaders out of prison What were criticisms of this person? By who? Communist, starting riots, preached violence Angela Davis

  7. Groups? SNCC, CORE What did they do to support their cause? Author. Wrote poems, novels, autobiographical short stories What were criticisms of this person? By who? exaggeration James Baldwin

  8. Groups? Black Panthers, Communist Party, founded the Black Guerrilla Family What did they do to support their cause? very violent. in prison. guards and other inmates hated him. died in prison. brother was killed while trying to escape. Wrote books in prison What were criticisms of this person? By who? super violent, George L. Jackson

  9. Groups? Not part of groups. Views were similar to Black Panthers What did they do to support their cause? wrote books about overthrowing the government What were criticisms of this person? By who? Violent, wanted to overthrow govt. Chester Himes

  10. Groups? Black Panthers, Communist Party, Black Liberation Army What did they do to support their cause? writes lots and lots and lots and lots. Tupac Shakur’s Aunt What were criticisms of this person? By who? cop-killer, violent, communist, FBI most wanted list. Assata Shakur

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