Made in Detroit
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The Harlem Renaissance
Politicians
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Founded by Barry Gordy in 1959, this company became one of the most successful black-owned companies in the nation, and cultivated the careers of music greats such as Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.
What is Motown Records?
100
He is known for his work with peanut?
Who is George Washington Carver?
100
They are known for their politically charged music and criticism of the American media, with an active interest in the frustrations and concerns of the African American community.(Flavor Flav)
What is Public Enemy?
100
She was the first African American woman to serve as United States Secretary of State, and the first African American and the first woman to serve as the President’s National Security Advisor.
Who is Condelezza Rice?
200
This event lasted five days and left 43 dead and 467 injured; it is reputed to have deepened the divide between whites and blacks in Detroit, instigate a frantic spike in “white flight” out of the city, and created extremist groups within each racial group.
What is 1967 riots?
200
He is credited with performing the first open heart surgery on July 9, 1853.
Who is Daniel Williams?
200
This Hip Hop group was the first to win an oscar for their song "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp"
What is Three Six Mafia?
200
This official publication of the National Urban League employed Harlem Renaissance writers and editors, published poems and short stories by African Americans, and promoted African American literature.
What is Opportunity Magazine?
200
In 1967, he became the first African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
In 1974, he was elected as the first black mayor of Detroit.
Who is Coleman Young?
300
He invented the “SuperSoaker” in 1989.
Who is Lonnie Johnson?
300
She made history when she became the first black woman to break an American record. She later became the first black woman to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic swim team.
What is Maritza Correia?
300
This writer and sociologist was co-founder of the NAACP, and was one of the most famous social activists during the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
300
This foreign policy advisor became the first African American woman to serve as an ambassador to the United Nations.
Who is Susan Rice?
400
This Detroit native refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Alabama, which spurred a nation-wide effort to end segregation of public facilities.
Rosa Parks?
400
He invented electronic control devices for guided missiles, IBM computers, and the control unit for pacemakers.
Who is Otis Boykin?
400
It an international activist movement, originating in the African-American community, that campaigns against violence toward black people. It regularly organizes protests around the deaths of black people in killings by law enforcement officers, and broader issues of racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system.
What is Black Lives Matter?
400
Credited as one of the founding fathers of the Harlem Renaissance, this playwright/poet/novelist became famous for his first published poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”.
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
This case was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
What is Brown Vs. The Board of Education?
500
He delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech first in Detroit, before taking it to Washington
Who is MLK?
500
After completing the STS-8 mission aboard the Challenger, this engineer and astronaut became the first black man in space.
Who is Guion Bluford?
500
She became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, of sexual harassment.
Who is Anita Hill?
500
An originator of big-band jazz, was an American composer, pianist and bandleader who composed thousands of scores over his 50-year career.
Who is Duke Ellington?
500
This Court Case established separate but equal.
What is Plessy Vs. Ferguson?
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