BHM facts
Contributions
BHM video presentation
Black Figures
About Diversity Club
100
Which month is Black History Month?
February
100
what school did Carter G. Woodson graduate from?
Harvard
100
Who was the narrator of the BHM presentation yesterday?
Hanif Mouehla
100
Which civil rights leader is this?
Martin Luther King Jr
100
what prize does diversity club give to game winners?
starbucks gift card
200
In what year was BHM officially recognized?
1976
200
February is BHM in honor of which two historical figures?
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
200
What notable NVOT alumni experienced housing discrimination while still an infant?
Cory Booker
200
Which civil rights leader is this?
Malcolm X
200
what is the username of diversity club's instagram?
nvotdiversityclub
300
What is the theme of BHM this year?
Black Resistance
300
Which president officially recognized BHM?
President Gerald Ford
300
what act prohibits discrimination when selling or renting property in NJ
Fair Housing Act
300
Which historical activist and writer is this?
W.E.B. DuBois
300
What was the topic of the previous diversity club meeting?
Lunar New Year
400
What does the ASALH stand for?
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
400
Who else founded the ASALH and Black History Week alongside Woodson?
Jesse E. Mooreland
400
Name the three powerful women who were interviewed throughout the video (first AND last).
Alma Bullock, Lee Porter, Jean Strickholm
400
Which famous musical artist is this?
Jimi Hendrix
400
What 3 performances occurred at last year’s Diversity Day?
Chinese Yo-Yo, Singing, Taekwondo
500
What does this year’s BHM month theme explore/mean?
“African Americans have resisted historic and ongoing oppression, in all forms, especially the racial terrorism of lynching, racial pogroms and police killings”
500
How many years apart was the official founding of BHW and BHM?
50 years (1926 to 1976)
500
Which NVOT faculty member was the voice that spoke at the very start of the presentation?
Brandon Gregory
500
Which civil rights activist is this?
Angela Davis
500
Who did Maya replace as a Diversity Club officer this year? (first AND last)
Sarah Valencia