Africana Center
This pre-orientation/early arrival program run by the Africana Center helps incoming students transition to life at Tufts and connect with the African diaspora community
What is SQUAD
In 2004, Tufts University awarded this person an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts primarily in recognition of her lifelong commitment to this cause, reflected in her global performances for Amnesty International and human rights.
Known for her distinct deep alto voice, socially conscious folk-rock music, and major hit songs like "Fast Car" and "Give Me One Reason".
Who is Tracy Chapman
THE OLDEST ORIGINAL MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL STADIUM STILL IN USE.
It opened in 1912 and is home to the Boston Red Sox.
What is FENWAY PARK?
First Day of class welcome event hosted by the Africana Center
The Welcome Back BBQ
Tufts campus groups the all-male step team and the all-femme step team
What are BlackOUT and Envy
The Africana Center was founded in
1965
1968
1969
2001
1969
This former Tufts Africana Center director and prominent historian authored landmark works on Boston's Black community and established historical archives documenting Black student life at Tufts back to the 1890s.
Who is Professor Gerald R. Gill?
This is the oldest subway system in North America, with tunnel sections dating back to September 1, 1897.
What is Boston's MBTA Green Line?
This tailgate event is hosted annually on the Africana Center Lawn on homecoming ; Hosted by Tufts AAFRO
(African American Foundational Roots Org)
Bonus what year was AAFRO founded?
Culture on the Lawn
2024
An annual cultural dinner and showcase hosted by the Tufts University Caribbean Students Organization (CSO). It is a community-oriented event where food is typically served to encourage cultural appreciation and educational stations representing different Caribbean nations.
What is Taste of the Caribbean?
The Africana Center has had 3 names being
African American House
Africa House
Africana Center
(True/False)
False
Founded to honor the legacies of these two black alumna who tragically died in car crashes shortly after graduating tufts. This fund provides stipends to current students who are pursuing unpaid internships in public service.
What is the Bruce-Griffey Leadership and Diversity Internship Fund?
Lena Bruce, E92, and Anita Griffey, J90 had a tremendous impact on campus and were destined for further greatness before their lives were cut tragically short.
Anita passed away in a car accident as a senior at Tufts. She was committed to improving the Tufts community and served as the president of the African American Society her senior year. She was hard working, humble, and committed to addressing injustice at every turn. This year would have marked Anita's 35th Reunion at Tufts.
Lena was murdered in 1992, shortly after graduating from Tufts. She was the only African American woman in her class to graduate with a degree in engineering. Wonderfully intelligent and committed to her education, she truly improved the lives of those around her.
Opened in 1914, in Davis Square this has hosted vaudeville acts, silent films, and modern indie movie festivals. Stage legend Tallulah Bankhead once performed there
What is the Somerville Theatre?
An annual February celebration coordinated primarily by the Africana Center to honor Black history, culture, and achievements
Black Legacy Month
An annual cultural and formal event hosted by the Tufts African Student Organization. Celebrates and displays African culture through traditional and modern performances, music from the diaspora, and diverse cuisine. Students typically wear formal wear or traditional African attire. Features student groups specializing in African tradition, a-cappella, and Caribbean rhythm and movement (such as S Factor, Essence, and Roti & Rum).
Dakari Ball
8 Professors Row serves as both the home of the Africana Center and a living-learning residential space for 12 undergraduate students. The residential space is called...
what is Capen house
This 1927 Tufts University School of Medicine graduate and 10th International President of Alpha Kappa Alpha was a pioneering physician and civil rights activist who led the National Council of Negro Women.
Who is Dr. Dorothy Boulding Ferebee?
Built in 1806, this building on Beacon Hill is the oldest standing Black church building in the United States. Figures like Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison frequently spoke there.
What is African Meeting House?
The largest annual step competition in the Northeast, featuring high-energy performances, precision routines, and creative skits from regional college step teams hosted at Tufts by Tufts Black Student Union
What is Break the Stage?
Tufts University's East African dance teams
names and style of dance
Zema (ዜማ) - Habesha, a cultural and ethnic self-descriptor used by people with heritage from Ethiopia and Eritrea
Ingabe - Rwandan most notably refers to a famous traditional-style patriotic song and royal symbolism
Originally established as the Afro-American Cultural Center, the center officially adopted its current name in this year to reflect the broader global African diaspora.
What is 2001
During the height of the 1980s campus for South Africa divestment movement, student protesters frequently targeted administrative offices in this central administrative hall, the site of historic sit-ins since the 1960s civil rights actions.
Ballou Hall
Prior to graduating from Tufts in 1987, Tracy Chapman was discovered playing acoustic set busking sessions in this famous Cambridge public square, as well as performing with an African drumming ensemble on Tufts campus.
What is Harvard Square?
An annual gala-style event hosted by the Black Student Union (BSU) in February to celebrate Black Legacy Month with food, performances, and keynote speakers
Ivory on Ebony
Established in the 1980s by women seeking to strengthen bonds among Black women at Tufts.
Through facilitated bi-weekly meetings, this program discusses issues surrounding sexual and cultural identity, racial identity, and the formation and maintenance of healthy relationships.
In addition, it provides an open and safe environment in which women of color are able to speak about personal conflicts and develop a sense of community and mutual respect between women of different ethnic, social, cultural, class, and family backgrounds.
BONUS:
\What year were Black Women's Collective (BWC) and Black Men's Group(BMG) founded? (to the closest decade)
Black Women's Collective
BONUS:
BWC founded in 1980s
BMG founded 1990s