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Guess the DEI Team Member
100

The name of the first Muslim-American Female Superhero in the Marvel Universe

Ms. Marvel

100

The celebration of the end of slavery in the united states

Juneteenth

100

Civil Rights Movement leader Rosa Parks was from this Michigan City

Detroit

100

A recording company founded by Barry Gordy in 1959 that became one of the most influential record companies and black owned businesses in American history.

Motown

100

Studied Shakespearian Literature at Oxford University

Marcus

200

Betty Reid soskin, a 100 year old _____ (pre-retirement) who worked with the NPS on a grant funded by PG&E to uncover untold stories of African Americans on the Home Front during WWII

Park Ranger

200

This 1921 event destroyed a thriving African American Neighborhood and Business District known as "Black Wall Street"

Tulsa Massacre

200

Michigan is fortunate to have the largest percentage of this racial minority population in the united states

Arab-Americans

200

This "material girl" was born in Bay City, Michigan

Madonna

200

Learned how to ride a motorcycle as a teen

Kim

300

Inventor of the first home security system

Marie Van Brittan Brown

300

A police raid on this gay bar in New York City prompted protesting from the LGBTQIA+ community demanding decriminalization of homosexuality

Stonewall

300

"The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History", one of the world's largest African-American history museums, is located in this city.

Detroit

300

This famous Mexican-American artist is most well known for painting a mural depicting the Detroit automotive industry

Diego Rivera

300

Was an extra in the movie "Whip It" starring Drew Barrymore

Tameika 

400

She invented the illusion transmitter & was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program

Valerie Thomas

400

This convention held in 1848 in New York launched the women's suffrage movement in the United States

Seneca Falls

400

 Mishigami, a word from the ____ tribe, is the origin of our state's name

Chippewa

400

This Detroit based singer was a member of The Supremes before having a solo career 

Diana Ross

400

Was born in Canada

Kristina 

500

First Programmer of the Harvard MarkI computer

Grace Hopper

500

This west coast location was the major entry point for thousands of Asian immigrants during the late 1800's

Angel Island

500

Michigan Medicine's Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusion? (hint, he's also an Otolaryngology doctor)

Dr. David Brown

500

This late 90's/early 2000's Detroit  rock band's music can often be heard at tiger's stadium

The White Stripes

500

Former Cellist

Kelly Saran

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