Africana Studies 1) Since 2011, Africana studies has been housed in what school/college? Human Ecology Arts & Sciences CALS ILR 2) Cornell was one of the first universities in the U.S. to establish a department of Africana and Black studies. What other institution was similarly pioneering? Washington University in St. Louis Michigan State University San Francisco State University Northwestern University 3) Africana studies moved to North Triphammer Road after the center’s original home was destroyed by arson. Where was it located? Wait Avenue Stewart Avenue Thurston Avenue University Avenue 4) Africana studies currently offers courses in what languages? Swahili Yoruba Wolof All of the above 5) The late James Turner, the center’s founding director, conducted research that informed what seminal civil rights documentary? “Eyes on the Prize” “Freedom Riders” “Soundtrack for a Revolution” “Slavery by Another Name” 6) When famed novelist Toni Morrison, MA ’55, returned to campus in 2013, she viewed a portrait of herself at the Africana Center—in what medium? Quilting Mosaic tile Watercolor Bas relief sculpture 7) In what year did Cornell grant its first PhD in Africana studies? 1983 1996 2007 2019 8) Approximately how many volumes are housed in the Clarke Africana Library? 11,000 17,000 22,000 35,000 9) What year did the center break ground on a renovation and expansion project? 1994 2004 2014 2024 10) The program’s prominent alumni include activist and legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw ’81. What term did she coin to describe the even-more-harmful melding of racism and sexism? Confluency Intersectionality Synthesia Combinatorics Time's up