War on Drugs
Which president declared drug abuse as "public enemy number one" ?
Richard Nixon
Urban Renewal
What is NBA Youngboys highest sold album?
AI YOUNGBOY 2
Basic/Background Questions
What date(s) and year did the Newark Riots occur?
The Newark Riots happened July 12th-July 17th
This person was the director of the federal bureau of narcotics. He supported prohibition, criminalization of all drugs and anti-drug policy campaigns
Known for saying “jail offenders, then throw away the key”
Harry J Anslinger
the process whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthierpeople moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, typically displacing current inhabitants in the process.
Gentrification
Which basketball player was the MVP this season?
Shai Gilgeous Alexander of OKC Thunder
5 Things that MUST be included in EVERY interview
Name
What caused the start of the Newark Riots?
Wrongful arrest and near death attack against a innocent former black Army veteran and taxi driver by Newark Police
This ACT allocated $1.7 billion to the War on Drugs and established a series of “mandatory minimum” prison sentences for various drug offenses
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
refuse (a loan or insurance) to someone because they live in an area deemed to be a poor financial risk.
Redlining
Who was the leader of the Black Arts Movement?
Hint= from Newark
Amiri Baraka
permission granted with the knowledge of the possible consequences, typically that which is
Informed Consent
How many people participated in the Newark Riots?
25,000 people
Who said this QUOTE:
“You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin. And then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities,”
emerged during the 1980s and 1990s amidst the crack cocaine epidemic to describe children born to mothers who used crack cocaine during pregnancy
Facilitated to criminalize black women and mothers as well as take their children away from them
Crack Babies
What Jersey-born female rapper is known as one of the greatest rappers of all time despite having one album?
questions that focus on the perspective of the interviewee
Opinionated Questions
When was the Black Power Conference hosted in Newark following the riots?
July 20th, 1967
What was the sentencing shift between crack and cocaine
100:1
the same penalties for possessing 5 grams of crack as 500 grams of cocaine despite there being no signifcant chemical difference
White Flight
What are the colors of the Puerto Rican Revolutionary Flag?
Bonus for the THIRD COLOR
Black and White
Bonus: Grey
FIVE things that must be included in EVERY interview
Name
What were the findings of the 2016 investigation into the Newark police department?
officers were still making illegal and illegitimate arrests, often using excessive force and retaliatory actions against the Black population