Dr. King's Life
Social Justice Horror
Detroit History
482 & Our Partners
Historical Figures of the Movement
100

What was the name of Dr. King's wife?

Coretta Scott King

100

Horror films often use vampires, zombies, and mutants as metaphors for this experience faced by marginalized groups.

Oppression/discrimination/marginalization

100

In 1973 who became Detroit's first Black mayor?

Coleman A Young

100

What organization, founded in 2014, brings together parents, students, educators and community members to fight for education justice?

482Forward!

100

This person from our matching game sadly passed away this week at the age of 86.

Claudette Colvin

200
In what city did Dr. King first give his "I have a dream" speech?

Detroit 

200

Which artist’s album To Pimp a Butterfly uses haunting, nightmarish imagery to explore systemic racism and Black identity.

Kendrick Lamar

200

What was the name of the record company founded by Barry Gordy?

Motown

200

What campaign are MIStudentsDream youth currently working on?

Getting Eid on the DPSCD school calendar

200

This person from our matching game helped Cesar Chavez organize farmworkers in California and is still involved in organizing and political work today.

Dolores Huerta

300

In what city was Dr. King assassinated?

Memphis (supporting the sanitation workers strike)

300

What Jordan Peele film uses body horror to critique liberal racism and the exploitation of Black bodies.

Get Out

300

What is the name of the practice that led to housing discrimination in Detroit and surrounding suburbs?

Red Lining

300

Which schools in Michigan are most impacted by lack of facilities funding? [a. all schools equally, b. rural and urban schools, c. only Detroit schools, or d. suburban schools]

b. rural and urban schools

300

This person from our matching game is running to represent Michigan in the US Senate.

Abdul El-Sayed

400

Which of these was NOT one of Dr. King's "Three Evils" he talked about? a) poverty, b) militarism, c) racism, or d) sexism

d) sexism

400

What Octavia E. Butler novel blends horror and science fiction to confront slavery, power, and historical trauma?

Kindred

400

In what industry did the League of Revolutionary Black Workers first start?

Auto Industry

400

What does the TANN team stand for?

Taking Action for Nuestros Niños

400

This person from our matching game is the subject of a documentary titled American Revolutionary and is known for organizing in Detroit.

Grace Lee Boggs

500

Who inspired Dr. King's focus on non-violence?

Mahatma Ghandi

500

In the 1968 zombie film Night of the Living Dead, the Black protagonist of the film survived the zombies, just to be killed by ____, mirroring real-world racial violence in the U.S. during the Civil Rights era.

white supremacists/white mob/white militia

500

What year did a police raid on an after hours bar result in an uprising of Black Detroit residents which lasted multiple days and exposed tensions regarding police brutality?

1967

500

Which of our partners hosts an annual event to recognize neighbors for their community work called “Heroes of the Neighborhood”?

Urban Neighborhood Initiatives

500

This person from our matching game was also on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in 2025 to try to break the blockade on Gaza by delivering humanitarian aid.

Greta Thunberg

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