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March on Washington, 1963
On August 28, 1963, some 250,000 people–both black and white–participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the largest demonstration in the history of the nation’s capital and the most...
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Black History Wod: “The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Launches A Drive To Register Black Voters” 100 Full Snatches with 5 Box Jumps every minute RX: 115/75 Scaled: 95/65
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Emmett Till
In August 1955, a 14-year-old black boy from Chicago named Emmett Till had recently arrived in Money, Mississippi to visit relatives. While in a grocery store, he allegedly whistled and made a...
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Malcolm X –“By Any Means Necessary”
In 1952, the former Malcolm Little was released from prison after serving six years on a robbery charge; while incarcerated, he had joined the Nation of Islam (NOI, commonly known as the Black...
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1966 The Black Panther Party is Founded
After the heady rush of the civil rights movement’s first years, anger and frustration was increasing among many African Americans, who saw clearly that true equality–social, economic and...
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The Assassination of MLK
Black History Wod: “Rivers of Blood” The Assassination of MLK For Time: 19 Burpees 100 Air Squats, 100 Sit-Ups, 100 Push-Ups, 100 Knees to Elbow (Plank Style), 68 Burpees with 8 Ground To Overhead...
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Nelson Mandela
Black History Wod: Mandela 94 DeadLift 95 Push-Ups 96 HangClean 97 Sit-Ups 98 PushPress 99 AirSquats 135/95 ABSOLUTELY NO SCALING IF YOU ATTEMPT TO DO THIS WORKOUT THERE IS NO SCALING!!!
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Rodney King Riots
Rodney King Riots” AKA “Americas Nightmare” Complete 100 Rounds of 1 Power Clean 1 Push Press 1 Rack Lunge Left Knee to Ground 1 Rack Lunge Right Knee to Ground RX: 135/95 Scaled: 95/65
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Shirley Chisholm Runs for President, 1972
By the early 1970s, the advances of the civil rights movement had combined with the rise of the feminist movement to create an African-American women’s movement. “There can’t be liberation for half a...
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44th U.S. President
United States; he is the first African American to hold that office. The product of an interracial marriage–his father grew up in a small village in Kenya, his mother in Kansas–Obama grew up in Hawaii...
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