African American Studies

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Across
  1. 3. The global dispersion of African peoples from their original ancestral homelands throughout history, forming a foundational thread of global Black culture.
  2. 5. The foundational historical concept emphasizing the capacity of marginalized individuals to act independently, exert authority, and make self-determined choices under oppressive systems.
  3. 8. The New York neighborhood that became the geographic epicenter of an artistic, literary, social, and political explosion during the 1920s.
  4. 9. Deliberate opposition to oppression; a foundational concept across the curriculum that shifts focus away from passive victimization toward active agency.
  5. 11. The Virginia-based aerospace research facility location where pioneering Black women mathematicians successfully dismantled segregationist professional barriers in federal computing units.
  6. 12. The historic "Great" movement of over six million African Americans relocating out of the rural segregationist South into urban industrial centers of the North and West.
  7. 14. The Alabama city that served as the critical strategic launch point for the 1965 voting rights marches, exposing violent institutional pushback to a national media audience.
  8. 15. Systemic, prejudicial treatment of specific groups that landmark executive directives (like Executive Order 8802) sought to legally prohibit within national defense sectors.
  9. 18. The crucial analytical framework exploring how multiple personal identities (such as race, class, and gender) overlap to create unique dynamics of institutional discrimination or privilege.
  10. 19. West African kingdom highlighted in modern media case studies; known for its highly complex state society, defensive warfare strategies, and elite military corps.
  11. 20. First name of the legendary Underground Railroad conductor who utilized extensive tactical spy networks, code-songs, and psychological warfare to outmaneuver bounty hunters.
Down
  1. 1. The covert, often illegal FBI counterintelligence program used extensively to surveil, infiltrate, neutralize, and disrupt domestic political organizations like the Black Panthers.
  2. 2. The primary institutional objective of the curriculum: to systematically uncover, analyze, and honor frequently omitted historical, scientific, literary, and cultural ________.
  3. 4. The Black __________ Party for Self-Defense; historically prominent for its armed community patrol tactics alongside radical community survival initiatives like the Free Breakfast for Children program.
  4. 6. The forced, ocean-crossing commercial slave trade system that linked Europe, West Africa, and the Americas, permanently altering global demographics.
  5. 7. The rapid, transformative era directly following the Civil War marked by radical, historic political strides for newly emancipated African Americans before the onset of Jim Crow.
  6. 10. The final thematic era of the course curriculum, tracking late 20th-century into 21st-century systemic challenges, media framing, and ongoing modern youth activism.
  7. 13. The enduring nickname given to the elite, all-Black cavalry and infantry regiments of the U.S. Army who served on the Western frontier post-Civil War.
  8. 16. Acronym for the youth-led grassroots civil rights organization that focused on intense student mobilization and frequently debated strategy with older political bodies.
  9. 17. A highly coordinated, nonviolent economic protest strategy used famously to desegregate municipal public transportation networks in Alabama.