Black Architects
This MIT graduate was the first accredited licensed architect and the first black student to enroll at MIT.
Who is Robert Robinson Taylor?
This civil rights activist and leader delivered the "I Have A Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This is the discriminatory practice that consists of the systematic denial of services such as mortgages, insurance loans, and other services to residents of certain areas based on their race.
What is Red Lining?
Dattner Architects was founded in this year.
When was 1964?
What is Wakanda?
This is the percentage of black licensed architects in the U.S.
What is 2%?
The Civil Right Movement started in this year.
When is 1954?
These are the four principles of NYC Planning/Urban Design.
What is Enhance People’s Daily Lives?
What is Care for a Neighborhood’s History, Culture, and Identity?
What is Embrace the City’s Dynamism?
What is Confront Society’s Greatest Challenges?
She was the first woman partner at Dattner Architects.
Who is Beth Greenberg FAIA?
This movie follows the true story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson, as they began their journey working at NASA as a part of a segregated group hired to process aeronautic data in the Space Race era.
What is Hidden Figures?
This Kansas-born architect was the second African American woman to become a licensed architect.
Who is Georgia Louise Harris Brown?
Slavery was officially abolished in the United States on this day.
When was June 19, 1865?
This law passed in 1901 required the installation of fire escapes and toilets in existing “old law” structures.
What is the Tenement House Law (1901)?
This Dattner project is one of the largest passive house projects in North America.
What is 425 Grand Concourse?
This dish made out of mashed plantains comes from the West African word "mangusi," refers to mashed vegetables from the earth and is now a staple dish in the Dominican Republic.
What is Mangu?
She was the first licensed African American woman architect in both New York (1954) and California (1962).
Who is Norma Merrick Sklarek?
This human rights activist was known to be very radical for his time and was known by the nickname "Detroit Red" before he join the organization known as the Nation of Islam.
Who is Malcolm X?
This neighborhood in the five borough has the largest population of black people in the city.
Where is Bed-Stuy?
What is 42?
This Bahamian-American actor was the first black person to win an Oscar in 1964.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
This Ghanaian-British architect known to infuse his artistic sensibilities and ethos for community-driven projects, is known as one of the leading architects of his generation.
Who is Sir David Adjaye?
W.E.B. Du Bois was a _______ who was involved with this historical Black American organization.
What is Black American Sociologist?
What is the NAACP?
What is 24.3%?
This is the client of the first building designed by Dattner Architects.
Who is Estee Lauder?
This person invented the 3-position traffic signal.
Who is Garrett Morgan?