{"id":59097,"date":"2021-03-15T17:39:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T22:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59097"},"modified":"2021-03-15T17:39:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T22:39:31","slug":"black-history-trivia-night-highlights-african-american-achievements-more-bsu-events-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=59097","title":{"rendered":"Black History Trivia Night highlights African American achievements, more BSU events to come"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY CJ GIBSON
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Black Student Union\u2019s Black History Trivia Night brought attention to African American history through trivia and the chance to win prizes.
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Because the Black Student Union (BSU) had funds leftover from last spring semester, they were able to provide some valuable prizes for the events\u2019 winners, including an air fryer, a waffle iron, a toaster, and gift cards.
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Black History Trivia Night took place on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6:00 p.m. to celebrate Black History Month as it neared its end.
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Danzel Major, BSU president, designed the Kahoots that were used, which became progressively more difficult throughout the three rounds. Major used these Kahoots to reveal startling facts about African American history, including the declaration of lynching as a federal hate crime in February 2020.
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\u201cMy main goal is not to make someone feel as if they\u2019re being attacked but to educate people about not just Black history but the history of Black people in America,\u201d Major said. \u201cA lot of people didn\u2019t know that lynching became a hate crime in law almost last year. That\u2019s one of those things that I want people to learn about.\u201d
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Posters of famous historical African Americans circled the Memorial Union Black & Gold Room where the event was held, highlighting important African American achievements.
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\u201cBlack History Month is a reason to put highlights on Black history,\u201d Major said. \u201cYou look around the room and you have people who have achieved so much just by being them: Josephine Baker, she helped take down the Nazi regime as a Black female spy, and I think that\u2019s something that needs to be highlighted but you never hear about that. People think George Washington Carver just made peanut butter, but if it wasn\u2019t for him a lot of farmers wouldn\u2019t have been able to survive the Great Depression. A lot of black people have contributed heavily to the advancement of not just black people but all Americans. I think that\u2019s why Black History is so important.\u201d
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