NU pt 1
What is the black student alliance called at NU?
Bonus: When was it founded?
For Members Only in 1967
Name 3 student orgs centered on the Black experience
Divine 9, Soul4Real, African Student Association, FMO, MENA Student Association, National Association of Black Journalists, STRIVE, SAW, NU Impact, National Society of Black Engineers, Black Poetry Society, Black Formal,
Who is the current Chicago Mayor?
What genres of music were created by Black artists in Chicago?
What does HBCU stand for?
Historically Black College or University
Where is the Black House located on campus? (generally)
On Sheridan behind Foster Walker
When did the first African American Studies program begin? (this is now Black studies
1972
Who was the first Black Chicago Mayor?
Who was the first Black person to settle in Chicago?
Bonus points: What street is named after them?
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
Lake Shore Drive
Describe affirmative action and when it was repealed.
2023 - In a 6-3 decision, the United States Supreme Court rules that colleges and universities can no longer use race as a specific basis for granting admission. Doing so would, according to the Court, would be a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Who was the first Black woman faculty member?
What were students demands during the 1968 Bursar Takeover? (name 4)
Who was a prominent civil rights leader in Chicago who died on the 17th of this month?
Jesse Jackson Jr
Who was Ida B Wells?
A crusading journalist, anti-lynching activist, and civil rights leader who lived and worked in Chicago.
What is the coalition of historically Black fraternities and soririties called?
Bonus Points: What was the first Fraternity and the first Sorority?
Divine 9 or D9
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc
Who was the first Black man to graduate from NU?
1903 - Lawyer Taylor
Who was the first Black woman to graduate from NU?
1905 - Naomi Willie Pollard
Which Chicago neighborhood is known as the Black Metropolis?
Bonus question: What made this happen?
Bronzeville
What was the first Chicago institution to enroll Black college students?
Chicago State University in 1867 - it is now still a Predominately Black Institution
What was the first HBCU?
Cheyney University in 1837
Where were Black students originally housed at NU?
They weren't - they couldn't live on campus until 1947 when the International House became a catch all for all students of color
What were events preceding the 1968 Bursar Takeover? (Name 3)
FYI: The Bursar's office was in Scott Hall - Allison and Sargent were central in the planning.
The Sigma Chi/FMO physical altercation, the assassination of MLK, a prior takeover at Columbia University, rising racism in housing and classrooms, lack of resources and representation, rejection from student organizations and using public spaces like the pool, blackface as common place,
What was the first all Black labor union in Chicago?
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (Trains) from the Pullman Company
Hence the neighborhood named Pullman
Describe the Great Migration
the mass relocation of more than 6 million Black Americans from the rural South to cities in the North, Midwest, and West to escape Jim Crow segregation, racial violence, and economic oppression
When did the first black person graduate with a degree from a higher ed institution?
1823 at (200 years after Harvard)
- Alexander Lucius Twilight from Middlebury College in Vermont.