AFA 2000 Final Study Guide questions
well answered to pass
James Weldon Johnson - correct answer ✔✔wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing
Lift Every Voice and Sing - correct answer ✔✔negro anthem
Virgil Hawkins - correct answer ✔✔fought for 9 years so others could attend UF
George Allen - correct answer ✔✔1st black person to graduate from UF
Stephen Mickle - correct answer ✔✔1st black person to graduate as an undergrad from UF
African American Studies as a Discipline - correct answer ✔✔"Black studies is the scientific
study of the multidimensional aspects of Black Thought and practice in their current and
historical unfolding"
The 1st African American Studies Program - correct answer ✔✔1968, San Francisco State
University
African American Studies at UF - correct answer ✔✔1st director Dr. Ronald Foreman
"Race" - correct answer ✔✔a social construction
Phenotype - correct answer ✔✔observable physical traits
,Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔a socially derived category
Nationality - correct answer ✔✔political designation (Columbian, Jamaican,...)
Self-Determination - correct answer ✔✔the idea that blacks should speak for themselves and
control their own institutions
Identity - correct answer ✔✔part of an individual's self-concept; includes the adoption of
certain attitudes, feelings, characteristics and behaviors
Intersectionality - correct answer ✔✔recognizing that power, privilege, disadvantage and
discrimination are influenced by interlocking spectrums of identity to employment and
discrimination law
World View - correct answer ✔✔the way someone thinks about the world
Sankofa - correct answer ✔✔Go Back and Fetch It
African Origins - correct answer ✔✔oldest remains found in Ethiopia almost 200,000 years ago
Birthplace of Civilization and Humanity - correct answer ✔✔Ethiopia
The first to enslave - correct answer ✔✔Portuguese (1441)
Asiento - correct answer ✔✔a contract with the Catholic church granting permission to import
Africans to work as Spanish workers
, European vs. African Slavery - correct answer ✔✔for European slavery, African people were
singled out on a larger scale, dehumanized African people
Emmett Till - correct answer ✔✔1955; traveled to Mississippi at 14 yrs old; was tortured, killed
and drowned for speaking to a white woman; open casket funeral that raised the consciousness
of people around the world
Women's Political Council - correct answer ✔✔founded by JoAnn Robinson and Mairy Fair Burks
(1st president) in 1946
Claudette Clovin - correct answer ✔✔pre-Parks, was pregnant
Rosa Parks - correct answer ✔✔was chosen for test case that lead to Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott - correct answer ✔✔started Dec. 5th, 1995 and lasted a year
Nonviolent Direct Action - correct answer ✔✔sit-ins, protests, etc. w/o violence
Sit-ins - correct answer ✔✔nonviolent direct action approach
CORE - correct answer ✔✔Congress of Racial Equality- helped introduce and foster a non-
violent approach
Asa Philip Randolph - correct answer ✔✔civil rights activist, Labor union leader, 1941 formed
the March on Washington committee
Bayard Rustin - correct answer ✔✔key behind the scenes Civil Rights activist, active in CORE,
traveled to India to learn a nonviolent approach; picked for help on March on Washington for
Jobs and Freedom
well answered to pass
James Weldon Johnson - correct answer ✔✔wrote Lift Every Voice and Sing
Lift Every Voice and Sing - correct answer ✔✔negro anthem
Virgil Hawkins - correct answer ✔✔fought for 9 years so others could attend UF
George Allen - correct answer ✔✔1st black person to graduate from UF
Stephen Mickle - correct answer ✔✔1st black person to graduate as an undergrad from UF
African American Studies as a Discipline - correct answer ✔✔"Black studies is the scientific
study of the multidimensional aspects of Black Thought and practice in their current and
historical unfolding"
The 1st African American Studies Program - correct answer ✔✔1968, San Francisco State
University
African American Studies at UF - correct answer ✔✔1st director Dr. Ronald Foreman
"Race" - correct answer ✔✔a social construction
Phenotype - correct answer ✔✔observable physical traits
,Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔a socially derived category
Nationality - correct answer ✔✔political designation (Columbian, Jamaican,...)
Self-Determination - correct answer ✔✔the idea that blacks should speak for themselves and
control their own institutions
Identity - correct answer ✔✔part of an individual's self-concept; includes the adoption of
certain attitudes, feelings, characteristics and behaviors
Intersectionality - correct answer ✔✔recognizing that power, privilege, disadvantage and
discrimination are influenced by interlocking spectrums of identity to employment and
discrimination law
World View - correct answer ✔✔the way someone thinks about the world
Sankofa - correct answer ✔✔Go Back and Fetch It
African Origins - correct answer ✔✔oldest remains found in Ethiopia almost 200,000 years ago
Birthplace of Civilization and Humanity - correct answer ✔✔Ethiopia
The first to enslave - correct answer ✔✔Portuguese (1441)
Asiento - correct answer ✔✔a contract with the Catholic church granting permission to import
Africans to work as Spanish workers
, European vs. African Slavery - correct answer ✔✔for European slavery, African people were
singled out on a larger scale, dehumanized African people
Emmett Till - correct answer ✔✔1955; traveled to Mississippi at 14 yrs old; was tortured, killed
and drowned for speaking to a white woman; open casket funeral that raised the consciousness
of people around the world
Women's Political Council - correct answer ✔✔founded by JoAnn Robinson and Mairy Fair Burks
(1st president) in 1946
Claudette Clovin - correct answer ✔✔pre-Parks, was pregnant
Rosa Parks - correct answer ✔✔was chosen for test case that lead to Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott - correct answer ✔✔started Dec. 5th, 1995 and lasted a year
Nonviolent Direct Action - correct answer ✔✔sit-ins, protests, etc. w/o violence
Sit-ins - correct answer ✔✔nonviolent direct action approach
CORE - correct answer ✔✔Congress of Racial Equality- helped introduce and foster a non-
violent approach
Asa Philip Randolph - correct answer ✔✔civil rights activist, Labor union leader, 1941 formed
the March on Washington committee
Bayard Rustin - correct answer ✔✔key behind the scenes Civil Rights activist, active in CORE,
traveled to India to learn a nonviolent approach; picked for help on March on Washington for
Jobs and Freedom
