Black Power Quiz #1

When were black people allowed to stay on campus?

Late 50s

Who was the first chairman of the first black studies program at San Fransisco State?

Dr. Nathan Hale

When did students take over Cornell?

Parents weekend

When and where was the first Black Student Union (BSU)

San Fransisco State, 1968

What were the two most famous campus take overs?

San Fransisco State in 1968, and Cornell in 1969

What was different about the students who took over Cornell vs. those in San Fransisco ?

San Fransisco has a lot of diversity being a public school. All different types of people were there, including different races and ethnicities and working class/poor.

Cornell, on the otherhand, had very little diversity. It was a private school; only black and white students

What was the main issue that caused the two uprisings at Cornell and San Fransisco ?

Students were protesting the Vietnam War and wanted to stop it. There were also events of police brutality

Who is largely responsible for Black Studies at OSU ?

William Nelson Jr.

What is the organization largely responsible for Black Studies?

Black Student Union (BSU)

What is affirmative action?

A program that was created for folks who were well qualified but were shut off from opportunities that white people were normally given. Affirmative action came along and opened up opportunities to people of color who had these qualifications. Race, ethnicity, and gender were all things affirmative actions were supposed to help with. 1964.

Who would hae been the first US African American senator in the southern state of North Carolina if he were elected?

Harvey Gantt (1999)

Who was Harvey Gantt’s opponent in the race? What did he say about him?

Jesse Helms; said he was a sellout?

What were a few of the cases in Brown vs. Board?

Briggs V. Elliot, Davis V. County School Board, Bolling V. Sharpe

How many cases were included in Brown vs. Board ?

5

Where were four places where protests took place at OSU?

Denney Hall, Hitchcock Hall, The Union, and Thompson Library

When did Brown vs. Board of education take place ?

1954

What is the difference between a riot and an uprising?

Write this out - Possible Essay Question - An uprising happens when people can no longer take injustice and need to be listened to. When people misuse these, it impacts the lives of people affected and how law enforcement gets to take advantage and hurt people with no consequences. When people are uprising, the media will use words like “Riot, stampeding, herding, zoo, etc.” to make hurt people look dangerous. This also makes them look like animals, which dehumanizes them and makes it easy for police to brutalize them. They will only see criminals, not people.

What is the difference between integration and desegregation?

To integrate something, you need a large mass of people coming in. People often mistake this with desegregating, which is only a few people. Jackie Robinson desegregated, he did not integrate. You can’t integrate with only one person.

Who is responsible for building black studies at OSU?

Dr. William Nelson Jr.

What actions were taken against student protestors from the state or school

Students were arrested, handcuffed, and placed into buses to stop the protests. Black students were also killed for protesting, and called criminals. Their funding was also threatened.

Where was the first black studies program?

San Fransisco State (1968)

Where was the first black studies master program?

OSU, 1975

What were the actual reasons that set off these uprisings?

The Vietnam War and Ending it; students wanted accurately represented in their studies in college

Who was responsible for building black studies at OSU?

Dr. William Nelson Jr.

Who was the main attorney and his mentor in the Brown VS. Board of Education Cases?

Charles H. Hamilton was the mentor of Thurgood Marshall

Why did students take over Cornell on parents’ weekend?

They did this for publicity sakes, and to make sure as many people saw it as possible. Cornell also gets a lot of money from Alumni and parents, and when funding is concerned administration listens most. They wanted parents to pressure administration.

Who was forced to comment in class about a book discussing racism?

Stan Dixon.

Students had to _____ to learn about protests; there was no technology

Communicate by word of mouth and very careful planning. Student exchange programs allowed plans to spread throughout the world.

When was San Fransisco taken over?

1968

When was Cornell taken over?

1969

What is the organization largely responsible for Black Studies?

BSU - Black Student Union

Campus protest were inspired by

Liberation efforts in Africa

Liberations in Africa were also inspired by

Campus protests in America

When did Ghana get independence?

1957

When did the modern civil rights movement begin?

1930s

The United States military did not integrate for several decades, however, they were

Integrating

Cohen arrived on campus to find huge protests going on @OUS. How did this affect her?

She knew thats where she needed to be; she felt called to it. She immediately gets involved with the protests.

The Vietnam War was disproportionally drafted with

Poor kids and Black People

People protested the Vietnam War because…

It was a waste of money that we needed back home. People also didn’t like to morals related to war in general

Uprisings led to what, in the late 1960s?

Departments of Diversity and Inclusion; Student Government

What school did Charles Hamilton Houston, the mentor of Brown VS. Board, go to ?

Howard Law School