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Connecting Decolonization in Africa to the U.S. Civil Rights

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Social Studies-Connecting Decolonization in Africa and the US Civil Rights Movement

Read the article Connecting Decolonization in Africa to the U.S. Civil Rights. After reading the article answer the following questions.
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Question 1
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The civil rights movement in the United States included the centuries-long struggles of African Americans for ________ and ________

Question 2
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Africans were fighting to gain __________ and _______from European colonial rule.

Question 3
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Africans and many African Americans in this period embraced the idea that Africans and their descendants in other parts of the world had shared histories of______ and ______

Question 4
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Which country was established as the first country in sub-Saharan Africa and to gain independence from British colonial rule in 1957?

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Question 6
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What is diaspora?

Question 7
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What year did Nigeria gain its independence?

Question 8
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African Americans began to see their struggle for racial liberation in more __________

Question 9
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Each _________ against colonialism in Africa directly influenced the civil Rights movement.

Question 10
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Kwame Nkrumah was ________ first prime minister and went to college at ________.

Question 11
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Nkrumah viewed the conditions of African Americans as part of the larger African diaspora and

Question 12
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Challenged British colonial masters, paving the way for independence in 1957.

Question 13
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When Martin Luther King Jr. and several other African American leaders made the pilgrimage to Ghana, the country's independence took on greater significance for the ______________

Question 14
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He was a central figure and spokes person for the civil rights movement who championed the philosophy of non-violent resistance against racial oppression?

Question 15
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His speech connected the suffering of African Americans with those on the African continent.

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What does repatriate mean

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Did the gains of the civil rights movement during the mid 1950s to mid 1960s end the structural racism and inequality in all arenas of American life?

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Who staged a demonstration at the American Embassy in the Ghanaian capital city of Accra to coincide with the historic march on Washington in 1963?

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What did you like the most about the article?

Question 20
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Two decades into the twenty-first century, as the United States reckons with its history of racism and police violence against African Americans, African nations have joined global efforts to denounce American racism.

Question 21
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Bonus question: Did you turn in your work in Google Classroom?

Question 22
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Bonus Question: What did you learn from the article and/or would you like to learn more about?