Answers to Diversity "Bingo" Game
1. "Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that all slaves were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863." (Yahoo info web site)
2. Illinois celebrates Casimir Pulaski day. Who was he? "Count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish soldier-patriot, was forced to leave his native homeland after the Polish nobles failed to quash repeated Russian attacks. The exiled soldier readily lent his military experience to the Baltic states in their quest to beat back the Russians. Pulaski was sorely disappointed in his inability to secure freedom for the Baltic people. Again, he was forced to flee the Russians. American statesman Benjamin Franklin inquired whether Pulaski would help the colonists in their quest for independence from the British. The new recruit organized a cavalry unit composed of American, Polish, Irish, German, and French troops. October, 1779, the newly formed unit engaged the British in the Siege of Savannah." (NPS.gov web site)
3. What woman won a Nobel Prize for her research into radioactivity? Marie S. Curie and her husband Pierre Curie won the Nobel jointly in 1903 along with Henri Becquerel. The Curies also discovered the elements radium and polonium.
4. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt famously quit her DAR chapter in 1939 when they
refused to allow an opera singer to
perform at their function in Constitution Hall. Instead, the Washington D.C. Mall became this
singer's concert hall to an amazing 75,000 people. What was the opera
singer's name? Opera Singer
Marian Anderson was interviewed by PBS commentator Charlayne Hunter-Gault in
1997.
5. A female crystallographer photographed the structure of DNA which
made it possible for Watson and Crick
to formulate their theories about DNA. What was the crystallographer's
name? Rosalind Franklin should have also shared in the discovery of DNA's
double helix structure--including the Nobel Prize awarded to Watson and
Crick--but didn't due to sexism. A
NOVA documentary, "The Secret of
Photo 51", about the discovery of DNA is helping to rewrite Professor
Franklin's contributions back into history.
6. Cinco de Mayo -- "May 5th marks the Mexican armyís victory over the French invaders at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. In the United States, the celebration of this battle has come to be known simply as the ěCinco de Mayo.î Along with Mexican Independence Day on Sept. 16, Cinco de Mayo has become a time to celebrate Mexican heritage and culture." (US Census Web site)
7. Nuclear Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu conducted research about nuclear beta decay. Her contributions to science are many and varied and included "research on sickle-cell anemia using advanced biophysics." (the CWP website)
8. Name of the first African American woman physicist who became President of Rensselaer Polytechnic University in 1998: Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson. The National Women's History Project named Dr. Jackson one of its great women.
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