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46 Cards in this Set
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Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable
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African American settler who pioneered to Chicago from Santo Domingo in 1779
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Akhenaton
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Creator of Monotheism
1375-1358 BC |
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Askia Toure
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King of Songhay who united the entire canal region of Western Sudan
1493-1529 |
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Affonso I
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King of Kongo - First ruler to resist European slave trade
1506-1540 |
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Imhotep
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Worlds first known 'genius'
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Khufu
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Father of the Pyramid building
2551-2528 BC |
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Mansa Khan Mussa
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King of Mali who was a scholar. He was also a great economist, man of the arts, and known for his flambouyant style
1306-1332 |
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Narmer
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Founder of the dynasty Kemet and heiroglyphics first appeared during his reign.
3200 BC |
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Osei Tutu
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Founder and first king of the Asante nation of present Ghana. It tripled its size during his reign and it became a significant power with his military and political prowess
1680-1717 |
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Shaka
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King of the Zulus who was a strong leader and military investor. He revolutionized 19th century Bantu warfare.
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Ramses II
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The Great - most prolific builders of ancient Egypt
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Amina
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Queen of Zaria who popularized the earthen city wall fortifications that are characteristic of Hausa city states
1588-1589 |
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Candace
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Empress of Ethiopia who was a military tactician and field commander
332 BC |
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Cleopatra VII
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Queen of Kemet which is Ancient Egypt. She is of African descent but portrayed as white. Cleopatra was a great linguist and instrumental in making Kemet/Egypt into the #1 superpower of the time.
69-30 BC |
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Hatshepsut
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Queen of Kemet who was known as the warrior queen and adopted the truth of Maat as well as eliminated undesirable people and element of Kemet.
1503-1482 BC |
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Makeda
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Queen of Sheba who was a symbol of Beauty and proved Black women of antiquity were legendary for their beauty and power.
960 BC |
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Nefertiti
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Queen of Kemet who insisted on being portrayed as an equal divine power as her husband Akhenaton during major rituals.
She demanded respect and proved she deserved a special place in history for women. |
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Nehanda
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Mbuyu or Grandmother of Zimbabwe who displayed remarkable leadership and organization skills at a young age
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Nzingha
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Amazon queen of Matamba West Africa who was a very good leader waging war against the savage slave hunting Europeans
1582-1663 |
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Yaa Asantewa
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Of the Ashanti empire, she fought against the British colonists and her war was the last of the major wars led by women.
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Simple Timeline
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700-800 Islam spreads into West Africa across the Sahara desert
c750 Kingdom of Ghana at its strongest 1200-1400 Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe c1350 Kingdom of Mali c1400 Kingdom of Ife 1440-1606 Kingdom of Benin 1464 Sonni Ali the Great becomes ruler of Kingdom of Songhay 1486 Portugese traders make contact with Benin 1640 Beginning of civil war in Benin 1680 Asante states come under the rule of one king 1730 Oyo Kingdom at the height of its power 1818 Shaka becomes leader of the Zulu Kingdom 1874 Capital of the Asante Kingdoms captured by the British 1879 British Army first defeated by Zulu army 1897 Benin captured and looted by the British |
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1619
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First Africans landed at Port Jamestown Virginia and brought to the colony as indentured slaves
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1671
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Slavery instituted
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1865
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Slavery abolished
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Josiah Henson
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Original "Uncle Tom"
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John Brown
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Militant abolitionist
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How did Darwin contribute to racism?
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Emphasized individual differences between Blacks and Whites and concluded that they were inferior
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How did the concept of Eugenics contribute to racism?
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Promoted to improve the race through selective mating. Could be done with genetics
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What research did Jensen do and what effect did it have?
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He did intelligence testing and concluded that African Americans were genetically inferior.
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Wht did Hernstein and Murray conclude and how did it contribute to racism?
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The Bell Curve
Argued that intelligence differs among racial groups with the African americans at the lowest end Also concluded that most social problems among marginalized groups can not be solved because they are linked to intelligence which is inherited. |
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Binet & Spearmen (2004)
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They used intelligence testing to show intellectual differences between Black and Whites through Simon-Binet Intelligence Scale.
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Alice Strong (1912)
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Used Binet scales and found Black children are inferior to White children on Conceptual and Intelligence testing
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Ferguson (1916)
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Wrote the book The Psychology of the Negro: An Experimental Study.
He reported Blacks had deficits in abstract thinking but they were good at sensory and motor ability (implying they are good at manual work) |
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Peterson (1923)
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Found significant differences in Blacks and Whites
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Hokanson & Calden (1960)
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Found African Americans had elevated scores on MMPIs for problematic behaviors
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Dreger & Miller (1960)
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Found Whites superior to Negroes on several attributes including psychological, psychomotor, intelligence, and temperament traits
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Roen (1961)
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Examined differences between Negroes & Whites on ACB and found Negroes scored lower than Whites on intelligence
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Witty (1945)
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Argued that some scores for intelligence testing for the Army General Classification Test were associated with educational opportunities for soldiers (Environmental factors) Concluded Negroes are equal to Whites in ability to learn
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Francis Summer (1920)
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First Black to Receive Ph. D from Clark University. He is considered the "father of Black Psychology" His dissertation was about the Psychoanalysis of Freud and Adler
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Charles Henry Thompson (1925)
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Received Ph. D. in educational psychology from University of Chicago
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Herman Canaday (1938)
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At West Virginia State College. Convened Black Professional interested in Black psychology and established Black Psychologists Committee in ATA (American Teacher Association)
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Joseph White (1970)
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Professor at University of California Irvine that said it was difficult or impossible to understand the psychology of Blacks using theories developed by White psychologists
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Mamie & Kenneth Clark (1940s/1950s)
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Doll Study that concluded Black children preferred White dolls and this was used in Brown v. BOE
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William Cross
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He created a model of development of the racial and ethnic identity
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Reginald Jones (1972/2004)
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Wrote Black Psychology.
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James Jones (1972)
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Wrote Prejudice and Racism
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