Question

In this year, Arnold Hess agreed to stay on the Board of Education to prevent opposition to his tapped successor. In this year, opposition to a planned medical school using funds from the “Model Cities” Program amplified an incident at the William P. Hayes Homes. A warning of forthcoming violence if “America don’t come around” was given in Cambridge, Maryland, in this year by H. Rap Brown. In response to prior events during this year, Walter Headley announced a tough-on-crime (-5[1])policy (-5[1])for so-called “young (-5[1])hoodlums” summed up as “when the looting starts, (-5[2])the shooting (-5[2])starts.” (-5[1])The Kerner Commission (-5[3])probed events during this year (-5[1])that (-5[1])culminated (10[1])with one in which a bullhorn-wielding (10[1])John Conyers attempted (-5[1])to quell protests later (-5[1])dealt with by George Romney. For 10 points, (10[1])name this year (-5[1])in which the Detroit Riot spotlighted a “long, hot summer” (10[1])one year (-5[1])before the assassination of (-5[1])Martin Luther (10[1])King (10[1])Jr. (10[3])■END■ (10[11]0[1])

ANSWER: 1967 [prompt on ’67] (Newark Mayor Hugh Addonzio was set to appoint white councilman James Callaghan, who did not possess a post-secondary education, over City Budget Director Wilbur Parker, the first Black public accountant in New Jersey. Taxi driver John Smith was arrested near the Hayes Homes in Newark.)
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Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2195%0%86%142.65

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justin HawkinsIndiana ASouth Carolina A79-5
Shardul RaoMinnesota AVanderbilt A80-5
Matthew SiffYale BToronto A83-5
Conor ThompsonIowa State AJohns Hopkins A91-5
Cormac BeirneMcGill AWUSTL B91-5
Nikhil ChellamNorthwestern AGeorgia Tech B93-5
Anirudh BharadwajPenn ARutgers A93-5
Hari ParameswaranGeorgia Tech AMichigan A94-5
Tomás Aguilar-FragaClaremont ACornell B97-5
Jonathan TranCornell ANorth Carolina A97-5
Chris RayOhio State AUC Berkeley B97-5
Jason HongBrown ANYU A102-5
Caleb KendrickMaryland AChicago A103-5
Noah SheidlowerColumbia ATexas A10410
Michał GerasimiukYale ARutgers B11010
Joseph ChambersVirginia AUC Berkeley A113-5
Alex SchmidtPenn State ADuke A117-5
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AFlorida A12510
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BIllinois A128-5
Justin WytmarIllinois AFlorida B13810
Amogh KulkarniChicago BImperial A140-5
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BStanford A144-5
Jacob EgolDuke APenn State A14610
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BNorthwestern A14710
Swapnil GargUC Berkeley AVirginia A14810
Matt JacksonChicago AMaryland A14810
Neal JoshiWUSTL BMcGill A14810
Enoch YuenImperial AChicago B14910
Sarod NoriCornell BClaremont A14910
Isak JatoiSouth Carolina AIndiana A14910
Nat KuNYU ABrown A14910
Eric WolfsbergStanford AMinnesota B14910
Aiden DartleyRutgers APenn A1490
Jonathan ShaufNorth Carolina ACornell A14910
Jonathan LauJohns Hopkins AIowa State A14910
James StevensonMichigan AGeorgia Tech A14910
Gideon KpurubuVanderbilt AMinnesota A14910
Vinu HariharUC Berkeley BOhio State A14910
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto AYale B14910