Black Wall Street
Name of District developed in Tulsa, OK
Greewood
The music we all enjoy today is rooted in what? (Hint: You can enjoy the Rhythm and ignore it.)
The Blues
Boycotts Movement and Marches paved the way for which specific types of rights?
The right to fair trial.
The right to a public education
The right to use public facilities
The right to government services
What nine-time grammy award winning musician has helped sculpt the standard of beauty with her powerful clothing line made for plus sized women and men and with FENTY beauty in 2017.
Rhianna
North Carolina Mutual Life, the oldest and largest African-American run company in the nation, officially began in what year?
1899
Name the largest black-owned hotel of its time.
Stradford Hotel (established by J.B. Stradford)
Black music is a combination of all kinds like Blues, Jazz , Gospel and a new sound called what???
Boogie Woogie
Who said, "If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair."?
Shirley Chisholm - the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties (1972)
One of the first black women to become a millionaire; she helped mold and revolutionize the African American Beauty Industry
Madame CJ Walker
What did John Merrick do before he became the first president of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance company?
He was a local barbershop owner.
Name of black landowner who founded this district and loaned money to black entrepreneurs
O.W. Gurley
Who is the horn blower who said, "Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them."
Louis Armstrong
Who said, "Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated."
Coretta Scott King
What does BPOC stand for?
Black Person/People of Color
The company's founders started the business by each putting in $50. Who were those founders?
Seven black men
Types of businesses identified (most in 30 seconds...non duplicates)
barber shops and salons, clothing stores, jewelers, restaurants, taverns and pool halls, movie houses, offices for doctors, dentists and lawyers
Shops, clubs, hotels, grocery stores, school system, bank, hospital, and public transit system
Libraries, theater
Who said, "Hip-Hop isn't just music, it is also a spiritual movement of the blacks! You can't just call Hip-Hop a trend."
Lauryn Hill
Practicing healthy habits on a daily basis to attain better physical and mental health outcomes and allow you to do what instead of what?
Thrive instead of just survive.
At Revlon, what percentage of employees at the director level or above are black?
Only 5%
The urban riots during the 1960s put pressure on white corporations to invest in black businesses. What did this cause the NCML to do?
Be the first black business to pass the billion dollar mark.
What was the primary news source of this district?
The Tulsa Star
Social and cultural changes were occurring that set the stage for what?
Civil rights activism
Living a healthy lifestyle can help prevent what.
Chronic diseases and long-term illnesses.
Companies have sold products like hair straighteners, skin lighteners, and odor-masking products disproportionately to black consumers with what kind of ingredients in them.
Potentially hazardous substances (like formaldehyde, mercury, and phthalates).
Loren Schweninger, a historian, said the association was primarily responsible for what?
The expansion of property-holding [blacks] in the area.