BSM History
On this date, the Black Student Movement was founded at UNC
What is November 7th, 1967?
This Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional in 1954.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The freestanding Stone Center building opened in this year.
What is 2004?
“Wakanda forever!”
What is Black Panther?
Founded in 1909, this civil rights organization’s initials stand for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
What is the NAACP?
The first President of the Black Student Movement
Who is Preston E. Dobbins, 1967-1968?
Ratified in 1865, this constitutional amendment abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Hired by the School of Social Work in 1966, she became UNC’s first Black faculty member.
Who is Hortense McClinton?
“To be loved, to be loved. Oh, what a feeling, to be loved!”
What is Coming to America?
Founded at Howard University in 1930, this council unites the nine historically Black fraternities and sororities known as the Divine Nine.
What is the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)?
What notable event happened on December 11, 1968, and why is it important?
What is, on December 11, 1968, the Black Student Movement presented a list of 23 demands to Chancellor Sitterson for improvements that they wished to see implemented
In 1992, she became the first Black woman to travel into space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
This filmmaker addressed more than 7,000 people at the Dean Smith Center in support of a freestanding Black Cultural Center.
Who is Spike Lee?
“Your mother’s so old that her breast milk is powdered.”
What is White Chicks?
He became UNC’s first Black scholarship athlete in 1966, playing basketball under Dean Smith.
Who is Charlie Scott?
BSM did this to commemorate its 30th anniversary
What is Students rallied in support of the Housekeeper and Groundskeeper Struggle and presented Chancellor Michael Hooker with 23 new demands.
This historian founded Negro History Week in 1926, a precursor to Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
She became UNC’s first Black woman undergraduate student in 1963.
Who is Karen Parker?
Well, what am I supposed to do? Deena's beautiful, and she's always been beautiful but I've got the voice, Curtis! I've got the voice! You can't put me in back, you just can't!
What is Dreamgirls?
James Weldon Johnson wrote the words, and his brother, J. Rosamond Johnson, composed the music for this song, often called the Black national anthem.
What is “Lift Every Voice and Sing”?
This year, BSM had its first Mr. and Miss BSM, and they are
What is 1992
Who are Chris Miller and Tywanda Ellison
Founded in Pennsylvania in 1837 as the African Institute, this institution is recognized as the oldest historically Black college or university in the United States.
What is Cheyney University?
These three students integrated UNC’s undergraduate student body.
Who are LeRoy Frasier, Ralph Frasier, and John Lewis Brandon?
We didn't land on Plymouth rock! Plymouth rock landed on us. You've been hoodwinked, bamboozled, run amuck and led astray!
What is Malcolm X?
In 1870, this Mississippi senator became the first Black person to serve in either chamber of the United States Congress.
Who is Hiram Revels?