Accomplishments
Who is the youngest inaugural poet in US History and what is her age?
Amanda Gorman, 22
This Black person’s cells are the first immortal cells – meaning that the cells can divide multiple times without dying.
Henrietta Lacks
What conversational tactic is used to dismiss the legitimate ideas of Black Women/Men in racial discussions by focusing on how something was said instead of what was said?
Tone Policing
This icon’s NFL halftime performance made a political statement that they stood in “formation" with the Black Lives matter movement.
Beyonce
This is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable.
White fragility
Carter Godwin Woodson is the founder of what?
Black History Week
OR
Black History Month
This experiment unethically studied the effects of syphilis in 399 African American men under false pretenses.
Tuskegee Experiment
Pulse oximeters, which are used for at-home health monitoring during the COVID pandemic, are inaccurate for more than ___ in 10 Black people.
1 in 10 Black people
What Act seeks to protect Black people from racial discrimination based on hairstyles?
Crown Act of 2019
A(n) ________ system a system in which we create policies, practices, and procedures to promote racial equity.
Anti-racist
Who is the first Black woman to direct a marvel film?
Nia DaCosta
This predominantly Black, stable, and prosperous community – Located in NY – was destroyed in order to build Central Park.
Seneca Village
This term is used to describe groups of people that are not the “majority”.
Underrepresented/Underserved
A world-renowned author that lived in King County, Washington. She was the first science fiction author to not only win the highest awards for science fiction with the Hugo Award and Nebula Award, but also be the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship also known as the Genius Grant.
Octavia E. Butler
An ______ is someone who supports the target of oppression even when doing so may involve some risks.
Accomplice
Who is the first Black astronaut to live and work at the international space station for an extended stay?
Victor J. Glover
The practice of charging extra for services or withholding services (e.g., loan services and investments services) from certain neighborhoods and their resident is called what?
Redlining
A person who expresses a contentious opinion in order to provoke debate or test the strength of opposing arguments is known as what?
Devil’s Advocate
This holiday celebrates the liberation of enslaves African Americans.
Juneteenth
An invisible package of unearned assets which one can count on ‘cashing in’ each and every day but is largely oblivious to is called what?
White Privilege
This person became the first Black person and the first Black woman to be named a vice presidential running mate.
Charlotta Bass
This day (June 1st, 1921) is the 100th anniversary of the end of one of the most devastating race riots in US history that affected what Black community in the US?
Black Wall Street
A learning resource that reinforces white supremacy in American school systems
Textbooks
What dialect of English heavily influences cultural trend such (e.g., hip-hop, hop, memes)
AAVE
Black English Vernacular
This type of Allyship only serves at the surface level to platform the ally but isn’t aimed at breaking down systems of power.
Optical Allyship