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The first black professional baseball player
Who is Jackie Robinson?
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The event that sparked the Civil Rights Movement (there are two possible answers)
1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott or 1954 Brown v Board of Education
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The first Black U.S. president and Vice President.
Who is Barack Obama and Kamala Harris?
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List 3 items you may find on a soul food menu.
Collard greens, sweet potato pie, fried chicken or fish, cornbread, baked mac n cheese, etc.
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When were hair discrimination laws first introduced and why? (Hint it’s fairly recent)
2019 in California. (In 2016 when you googled “unprofessional hairstyles” black hairstyles made up many search results. Several schools and jobs still deem braids, natural hair, and locs as distracting or unprofessional to this day.)
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An escaped slave who became an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
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Describe the Sit-In Movement and what group predominantly contributed to it
Black college students went to whites-only diners and sat at lunch counters to peacefully protest starting in 1960.
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The oldest Black female Greek organization?
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha?
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Name 3 race-related movies that are actually “White Savior” movies and tell us what makes them collectively problematic.
The Blind Side, Avatar, Freedom Writers, The Help, To Kill A Mockingbird, Hidden Figures, Radio, La La Land, etc. Amid depicting racial tension and blatant racism, they make sure they depict that not all white people are the “bad guys”, while this is accurate, it takes away from the reality of how bad African Americans were treated. These movies also suggest that Black People are incapable of self-advocacy or real change without the help of white people.
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Explain why US cities remain segregated.
Redling (the systematic denial of various services or goods by federal government agencies, local governments, or the private sector either directly or through the selective raising of prices)
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Who was first black Olympic athlete that won 4 medals in a single Olympiad
Who is Jesse Owens?
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The place where MLK was assassinated. (Did he die right away?)
Memphis, TN
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The Black musician was the first to have their music video on MTV.
Who is Michael Jackson?
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Name 2 Black musicians or groups from the ’60s and at least one song they produced.
The Supremes – Stop in the name of love, Aretha Franklin – Respect, The Temptations - My Girl, Jimi Hendrix, Diana Ross, Ike Turner, Louis Armstrong, etc
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Name a program that the Black Panther Party established that still exists nationwide.
Free Breakfast Programs for students.
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A singer known for their 1939 song “Strange Fruit” that protested against the lynching of black Americans
Who is Billie Holiday?
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Which president sent federal marshals to protect the Freedom Riders during a siege in Montgomery, AL?
John F. Kennedy in 1961
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When was the NAACP established?
February 12, 1909
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Name 3 things rooted in the appropriation of Black culture.
AVEE “internet slang”, streetwear- bucket hats, hoop earrings, hairstyles with styled baby hairs or box braids, Tanning (to the point of blackfishing)
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What year was the ban on interracial marriage overturned in the U.S?
1967
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An outspoken trans woman who played a vital part in the fight for civil rights for the LGBT community in New York and is credited with starting the Stonewall Riots
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
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What were some ideas/policies of Malcolm X?
He argued for black power, black self-defense and black economic autonomy, and encouraged racial pride. Fact: Contrary to popular belief, Malcolm X was not a “violent” version of MLK
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Who was the first Black Billionaire?
Oprah and then Michael Jordan
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Name the person that created what we presently know as Black History Month.
Carter G. Woodson. Black History Month was originally only a weeklong and was created in 1926. The Black United Students and Black educators at Kent State University expanded it to a whole month in 1970.
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Describe the War on Drugs and how it has impacted (and continues to impact) the black community today.
The War on Drugs was established by the Nixon Administration in the early 70s. The Nixon administration wanted to associate the antiwar hippies with marijuana and black people with heroin and crack. By criminalizing drugs our government was able to justify militarizing police forces nationwide. As a result of this, black communities were left in disarray and chaos as black men began to be arrested as increasingly high rates. The War on drugs is said to be the direct cause of Mass Incarceration, racial profiling and violent police brutality, and higher rates of poverty among African Americans.
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