Pop Culture
NABJ 101
Changemakers
PWI v HBCU
Know Your Rights
100
This cable channel is viewed in more than 90 million homes worldwide. As of 2010 it was the most prominent television network targeting young black-American audiences and was the leading provider of black American cultural and entertainment based programming. What is this channel and what year was it established?
BET (Black Entertainment Television). 1980.
100
What date was the National Association of Black Journalists established?
Founded by 44 men and women on Dec. 12, 1975.
100
When was the DuSable Museum of African American history established and where is it located?
Feb. 16, 1961. Chicago, IL.
100
True or False ? More than 50% of African American professionals and public school teachers matriculate from HBCU rather than PWI ?
True
100
True or False ? People of color are significantly overrepresented in the U.S. prison population, making up more than 60 percent of the people behind bars.
True
200
Finish the lyrics “Some say the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice, ___________.”
“I say the darker the flesh the deeper the roots.”
200
PABJ’s Mission is to: A. Have black people dominate the journalism field. B. Help students of color create and take advantage of opportunities in the media industry. C. Be the black Cardinal Points
B. Help students of color create and take advantage of opportunities in the media industry.
200
What do these acronyms stand for? BPP, NAACP, UNCF.
Black Panther Party, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, United Negro College Fund.
200
Being that you attend a PWI do you think blackness is viewed differently in an HBCU VS PWI?
Without critical mass understanding of the culture, a black student attending a PWI will essentially feel isolated
200
_______ _______ protects every person in America—all races and creeds, citizens and non-citizens, children and adults—from the bondage of slavery. It is unconstitutional for slavery to exist in any form or by any name
Thirteenth Amendment
300
In 2008, ______ ______became the first man to ever set three world records in a single Olympic games.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt
300
Name three founders of the Plattsburgh Association of Black Journalists.
The Plattsburgh Association of Black Journalists was founded during the Spring 2015 semester by Ruhamaiah Bradley, Hollis Richardson, Alex Ayala, Joyce’Alyn Payne, Henry Rambalde, Delano Wood, Darlloyd Petteway, Mamie Bah, and Trudy-Anne Evans.
300
I was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. I was one of the earliest innovators of the literary art form jazz poetry. I am best known for my work during the Harlem Renaissance. Who am I?
Langston Hughes
300
What is Brown VS Board of Education and what did it do for HBCU and PWI ?
The Court unanimously ruled that "separate but equal" public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional.
300
In ______ you not required to carry ID, and you don’t have to show ID to a police officer. If you are issued a summons or arrested, however, and you refuse to produce ID or tell officers who you are, the police may detain you until you can be positively identified.
New York State
400
Hustle and Flow, made history when they won an Oscar in 2006 for Best Original Song for the film Hustle & Flow. What is the name of the song?
It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp
400
The National Association of Black Journalists annual convention & career fair was held in __________ ___ in the summer of 2016 and will be held in ___ _______ in the summer of 2017.
The National Association of Black Journalists annual convention & career fair was held in Washington D.C. in the summer of 2016 and will be held in New Orleans in the summer of 2017.
400
What was the initial cause of the hashtag turned movement #blacklivesmatter?
#BlackLivesMatter was created in 2012 after Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman, was acquitted for his crime, and 17-year old Trayvon placed on trial for his own murder.
400
What and where was the first HBCU established in the United States ? A. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania B. Howard University of Washington D.C. C. Hampton University of Virginia
A. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
400
What is the 15th Amendment ?
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that the "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
500
Who was the first Black woman and Black man to win an Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel & Sidney Poitier
500
Where is the national office of NABJ Headquartered ?
On main campus of University of Maryland, College Park.
500
Who was the first African-American woman to be nominated for Best Director by the 2014 Golden Globe Awards and for which movie ?
Ava DuVernay for Selma
500
Was the police technique of “stop-and-frisk” found unconstitutional?
The practice is not unconstitutional, but a judge ruled in 2013 that New York City’s stop-and-frisk program was carried out in a manner that violated the U.S. Constitution
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