ASP History/General Knowledge
Notable Black Bruins
Harambee Council
Black History in Entertainment and Sports
Black Trailblazers
100
What does ASP stand for?
The Academic Supports Program?
100
This UCLA basketball legend won six NBA championships with the Lakers and held the record for the most points scored in NBA history until 2023.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
100
This UCLA program provides tutoring, mentorship, and academic resources to support underrepresented students in excelling academically, with a focus on retention and success
The Academic Supports Program
100
The Musician known as the “King of Pop".
Micheal Jackson
100
This woman’s refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.
Rosa Parks
200
What are ASP’s main components?
Peer counseling, mentorship, peer learning, internship and transfer support services
200
This former UCLA basketball player and 2008 NBA Draft first overall pick became an MVP and led his team to an NBA championship.
Russell Westbrook
200
Founded in 1966, this organization is the political, social, and cultural voice of Black students at UCLA, advocating for Black empowerment on campus
The African Student Union
200
This boxer, known as "The Greatest," was also an outspoken civil rights activist.
Muhammad Ali
200
This woman became the first Black female Vice President of the United States
Kamala Harris
300
ASU, ASP’s mother org, is the Afrikan Student Union. Why is Africa spelled with a “k” here?
Afrika is spelled with a “K” to encompass everyone across the Afrikan Diaspora and reject a colonized way of viewing the continent.
300
This UCLA Law graduate made history as the first Black woman to serve as Mayor of Los Angeles in 2022
Karen Bass
300
This student-run initiative mentors and tutors Black youth in Los Angeles, ensuring access to higher education for future generations.
The Afrikan Education Project (AEP)
300
This former NFL quarterback made headlines for kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality.
Colin Kaepernick
300
This woman helped hundreds of enslaved people escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
400
What year was ASP created?
The fall of 1985
400
Director of Boyz n the Hood, first Black director nominated for an Oscar.
John Singleton
400
Preparing Black Bruins for careers in finance, consulting, and entrepreneurship, this org connects students with professionals in the corporate world.
The Black Business Student Association
400
This Compton-born lyricist became the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for his poetic and socially conscious storytelling
Kendrick Lamar
400
This groundbreaking actor played T’Challa in Black Panther and portrayed several historical Black figures, including Jackie Robinson and Thurgood Marshall.
Chadwick Boseman
500
ASP continues to uphold the values of student advocacy and support, inspired by the activism of these two Black Panthers who were killed on UCLA’s campus in 1969
Alprentice 'Bunchy' Carter and John Huggins
500
This UCLA tennis star was the first Black man to win a Grand Slam title and later became an activist for racial justice and AIDS awareness. He also has a center on campus named after him.
Arthur Ashe
500
This cultural org on campus is throwing a Pop the Balloon Party THIS Friday whose tickets you can find linked in their ig bio
The East African Student Association (EASA)
500
This UCLA alum shattered barriers as the first Black player in Major League Baseball.
Jackie Robinson
500
This activist co-founded the NAACP and was the first Black man to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard.
W.E.B. Du Bois