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Quiz 2 Flashcards

1970s

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Muhammad Ali

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Joined the Nation of Islam by Elijah Muhammad

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Kareem Abdul Jabbar/Lew Alcindor

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Though Elijahs religion was too narrow, too negative, and not truly Muslim
Converted to Sunni Islam
Refused to go to the 68 Olympics for basketball out of protest
Would rather focus on helping black kids (specifically) in New York City

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Douglas Hartman

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Author
Looked at 1968 Olympic Protest (Mexico City)
Race, Culture, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete
1968 olympic protests and their aftermath

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Paulette Jones Morant

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From Norfolk, Virginia
Went to catholic school with Larry Zapato
Was in the first class of women in the University
Immersed in social life
In Black Students for Freedom
Member of field hockey club
Thought it was critical to take her politics to the sports world
Later manager of the womens basketball team
She did not really feel the benefits of title IX, but women later were able to

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Al Drummond

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1971 Signed for the UVA Basketball team
2 years after the rest
First African American varsity basketball player for UVA

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Kent Merrit - 1969

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Native of Charlottesville, Signed for the UVA football team
2 sport athlete from Lane High
Had experienced the pain of integration from 3rd grade
Carried those experiences as a pioneer
Complicated history with other african americans
Was a star at Lane High as a student and athlete
Other students did not have the same experience
All american in Football and Track
“Master of the unexpected”
Styled himself after OJ Simpson
Extremely heavily recruited (15-20 scholarship offers)
All state
Record in the 100 yard dash
Bonded with Harrison Davis
They were frat brothers
Choices before UVA but he decided to stay -> pressure locally
Did not want to go at first
But other members in his community felt it was important to integrate
His father worked at UVA, lots of pressure exerted on him
“Perfect candidate for the world” from sports journalist Larry Keech
“Preferred the traditional of coat-and-tie, over a dashiki and an Afrio haircut”
“Merrit does not consider himself a “house black” or a “token””
Class stats
Son of a middle class civil servant, school teacher
2 people immersed in the political life of Charlottesville, Virginia
Part of the Institution Building
Charter member of the Kappas
BA in Economics and Masters at Darden

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Harrison Davis

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Quarterback
When he was signed, the then current qb refused to play on the team and transferred to South Carolina
First start against Virginia Tech, the fans were not supporting him
He turned around and gave em the middle finger
And then he won the game
From Hampton, Virignia
Terrible responsibility
Death threats from the KKK in the mail
Him and his family
Member of the Kappas

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Stanley Land

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Defensive Back
First black candidate to be signed with grant-in-aid
From Fairfax Virginia

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John Rainey

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Fullback
Raindrop Kid
Southwest Virginia

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Keith Witherspoon

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Track and Field
Noted “If I make a mistake I’m going to catch more hell for it than if a white guy makes one”

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What year did Kent Merris, Harrison Davis, Stanley Land, John Rainey, and Keith Witherspoon get to UVA

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1969

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When did Al Drummond get to UVA

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1971

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Harry Edwards

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Center of protest due to activities of young professor (24-25)Harry Edwards
Getting his PhD in Cornell University
Hired as a instructor of sociology
Fall semester of 1967
Presented list of grievances to University’s president
Demandid administration investigate a series of indignities suffered by African American Students
Led protest against issues with housing, among others
Led protests after john carlos

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San Jose State

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San Jose State was known as a track star factory
After Tommie Smith and John Carlos accepted medals with black power salute, there was a series of protests on campus led by faculty member Harry Edwards

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Olympic Committee for Human Rights

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American Organization established by Harry Edwards and black athletes like Tommie Smith and John Carlos (10/7/1967)
Advocate for civil rights and human rights for Black people in the US and abroad (South Africa)
Proposed a black ethelte boycott of 1968 Summer Olympics
Did not include women and was mostly composed of track and field athletes
Failed but individual athletes protested
For “all humanity, even those who denied us ours.”

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Divine 9

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Pan Hellenic Council
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha
Delta Sigma Theta
Zeta Phi Beta
Iota Phi Theta
Kappa Alpha Psi
Sigma Gamma Rho
Phi Beta Sigma
Omega Psi Phi

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Charles Conyers

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Phi Beta Sigma
Noted the rivalries among Greek Life orgs
People didnt get along before pledging either
Cliques among regional cliques
Just provided people another definition for thwy they didnt get along

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Debra Saunders-White

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First woman chancellor of North Carolina Central State
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education.
bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Virginia in 1979
Very active in BSA and Alpha Kappa Alpha
BSA for politically aware and political activism
AKA for social side
Not residential life
Affirmed their sense of humanity, gave a place of belonging, and provided leadership opportunities

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Clarence Cain

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From Newport News
BA in 1974
Law Degree in 1977
Arriving at Law School, arrives at a moment of radical change
Low Black enrollment
No african-american faculty
1974 -> Law School leaves Clark Hall and moves to North Grounds
Know your status
Referring to HIV/AIDs status
Run by the Sigmas
The movie Philadelphia was based on Clarance Cain
He was also a successful lawyer
And won a discrimination suit
Was known as a Sparkling Legal Mind
One of the highest paid layers at Hyatt
June 1987 – found out he got AIDS
Federal Judge ruled that Cain was illegally removed from his job
Gay man
Very involved on grounds
Lived on the Lawn
REsident Staff and Senior RA
Committe Chariman, BSA
Student Council
Raven Soceity
IMP
Transition Program
Sigma
Died in 1990/1
Institutuion Builder
Was not afraid of critiquing

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Stepping

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“AS we step, we are celebrating our African history”
Stepping as a mechanism of sharing our history
Cultural, social, and political sign for Blackness for BGLOS
Choreographed body movements, and signing/changint
Owe existence to creative ways in which African descending people use dance as a tool for political self-expression, pleasure, and survival
Goal of moving the crowd with coreography based on African dance traditions
Huge integration of cultural influence
Military drilling, african american children games, and south african music forms

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Lambda Zeta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Frat

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1973
First black greek organization on grounds
One member was the first African American to be director of UVA
George Martin

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Theta Lambda Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho

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Kappa Rho Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta

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September of 1973
Deltas founded same semester of 1973 as Omega Psi Phi
First black sorority to be founded on grounds

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Theta Kappa Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

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1974 (50th anniversary this semester)
Gloria Casey
First black cheerleader at UVA
AKA
Deborah Saunders-White

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Eta Sigma Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity

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Founded in part by Kent Merrit and Harrison Davis
First to give a block show

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Zeta Eta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Frat

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Tau Theta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta

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Iota Beta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Frat

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Black student alliance

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Built on the work of Black Students for Freedom
Established a legacy that was unmatched
Many greek life leaders were also leaders in BSA
Challenged UVa’s racist policies, repsonding to challenges of living in Cville and facilitating the continuation of certain cultural traditions

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Black Culture Week

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Started in 1970 by Black Students of Freedom (that became Black Student Alliance)
Brought notable people like
Sonya Sanchez, Nikki Giovani, IC Davis
Tina Turner, Stokley Carmichael
Clarence Cain was intimately involved with this

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C. Ann Spivey-Colley

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Charter member of the Deltas chapter at UVA (1973)
In AKA, but also president of Black Student Alliance
Seperated greek life grudges from BSA
She said if it wasnt for the Deltas she would not have survived here
In HS she was a rising senior when integration came out
UVA was a different experience
In college
Made her social life, but there wasnt a lot
Went home to Norfolk State for their homecoming
Until founding a Delta chapter
“We needed Delta, Delta did not need us”
It wasn’t guaranteed that students stayed

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Leslie Oliver-Clark

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Class of 1981
Entered in 1977, pledged in 1979
Pledged to Theta Kappa (AKA)
Liked Theta Kappa because of its focus on service
Similar to the familiarity of church, community, and service
As opposed to most other greek life orgs with a focus on drinking

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Cavalier Daily

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UVA NewsPaper

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Transition Program

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1967
UVA proposed grant wishing to establish a program to help newly arrived African American students adjust to the university
Applied to the Rockefeller foundation
Refused
Student Coalition put forward the Transition Program as critical
With the help of faculty, raised money
1969
Hesitant support from Board of Visitors
Established
7-10 weeks of instruction in learnings like english, math, and foreign languages
Created by Bill Elwood
Professor of English at the University
Criticised as being a lot of busy work
Poor study materials (6th grade textbooks)
No good reason for the selection process
Was it for African American students but there were white kids so what was the point
No clear goal
Students were confused and frustrated for why they had to spend 7 weeks of their summer on bullshit
Had some great minds go through the program
Valerie Smith, now president of Swarthmore
Advantages
Did help black students create bonds before the semester really kicked off

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Dusty Melton

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Editor of Cavalier Daily
Wrote “Black Recruitment: Forging Ahead”
Wrote an article that put the administrators on blast for going to a segregating country club

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Chavis Harris

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Here during the 1970s
Sigma
Talked about Centrality of Black Voices to his being
“We were trying to decide who we were going to be and how we identified ourselves and after a lot of debate one day after rehearsal we decided on the name Black Voices”
This movement was ocurring across the country
“If you were studying and decided to take a break and take a jog like students do all the time, you were probably going to get followed by the university police and stopped”
Expansion of Black Student population
But they were not invited
Their life was criminalized

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Linda G. Howard

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Daughter of Virginia State professors
2/22/1972
First woman and African American elected as president of Law Student Council
Both racial and gender discrimination
Not all black student activists were also in line in gender revolution
Campaign Goals
Increasing Black presence
Hiring more black and woman professors
Ridding law school of its elitism

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Black Voices

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Established in the 70s (74??)
1990s -> Golden age of Black UVA
Largest black student organization on grounds
200-250 members
By 2004, 150 members
Gospel choir as a powerful force in pop culture
Artetha Franklin -> Amazing Grace
Ole Happy Day -> Sang on Thursday

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Black Ball

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First year is 1974
Clarence Cain attended

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Pride Magazine

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1975 - BSA creates Pride Magaize

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Department of Health, Education, Welfare

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As a result of Civil Rights Act of 1964 got more responsiblity
Was responsible for enforcing Title VI
Publicly funded organizations had to comply in order to get funding
Did not send first people to examine schools until 1969-70
May 1969
Sends rep to UVa
Results released in August and sent to President in September
Praises for some progress
Notes absence of integration in all areas
Educational institutions have an affirmative duty to adopt measures necessary to overcome the effects of past discrimination
Aligns with what student activists have been saying
Doesnt matter if you say that you dont discriminate if student population is still incredibly small
Series of recommendations -> make life outside of only on grounds more equitable as well
Make African Americans as a part of recruitment efforts
Deal with racism in the housing market
Off campus housing was still discriminatory
Day care as well (for faculty)

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Title VI

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George K Martin

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Graduated from UVa in 1975
Member of the then largest class of AA admits
Black enrollment was 334 in 1971
413 in 1972
463 in 1973
479 in 1974
Law Degree from Howard
Immersed himself in Black social/cultural life
Executive board of BSA
Omega Psi Phi Frat
On Clarence Cain
Real, real dear friend
He came up with Spring Fling
Highlighted Cain’s friendship and how much a mentor he was
Impacted his impact on students of all races
2013 - first AA rector of Board of Visitors

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Black American Law Students Association

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Founded in 10/16/1970
Goals
Increase number of black students and professors
Aid black students at university in finding problem areas and solving them
Meaningful communication and dialogue with critical racial issues

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