Robert F. Flemming created this widely-used instrument in 1886.
What is the guitar.
100
This song is often called the "Black National Anthem"
What is "Lift Every Voice And Sing"
100
This North African civilization spanned tens of thousands of years and produced some of today's most recognizable antiquities.
Who are the Ancient Egyptians.
100
"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
Who is Jimi Hendrix
100
What Black Panther Party service did J. Edgar Hoover call "the most dangerous threat to America?"
What is the Free Breakfast for Children Program
200
Frederick M. Jones is often forgotten as the actual creator of which utility widely available in homes and cars?
What is air conditioning.
200
Mae Jemison was the first Black woman to travel to this far-away place.
What is SPACE!
200
This man wrote both 'The Three Musketeers' and 'The Count of Monte Cristo.'
Who is Alexandre Dumas.
200
"If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven't even pulled the knife out much less heal the wound. They won't even admit the knife is there."
Who is Malcolm X
200
During the slavery and Jim Crow eras, black babies were taken or stolen from their families and used as bait for this swamp animal.
What is the alligator
300
Charles Drew is credited with creating what life-saving resource widely used in the medical field today?
What is the blood bank.
300
On February 3, 1964, over 450,000 students of this city skipped school in protest of segregation.
What is New York City.
300
This German composer and pianist, born in the 18th century, was a crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, and remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers.
Who is Ludwig van Beethoven
300
“In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.”
Who is Shirley Chisholm
300
Forty-six million white American adults today can trace the origins of their family wealth to this bill, which gave away valuable acres of land for free to white families, but expressly precluded participation by Blacks.
What is the Homestead Act of 1862
400
Peanut butter was created in 1896 by this well-known botanist and inventor.
Who is George Washington Carver.
400
On February 3, 1964, over 450,000 students of this city skipped school in protest of segregation.
What is New York City
400
This woman was the first to use the electric guitar as a front-line instrument, thus almost single-handedly birthing the concept of rock & roll.
Who is Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
400
"Negroes,
Sweet and docile,
Meek, humble, and kind:
Beware the day
They change their mind.”
Who is Langston Hughes
400
This practice arbitrarily denies or limits financial services to specific neighborhoods, generally because its residents are people of color or are poor.
What is redlining.
500
Garrett Morgan invented this integral and necessary part of the driving experience.
What is the traffic light.
500
This woman was the earliest known African poet in the United States, and the first woman to publish a book in the United States.
Who is Phyllis Wheatly.
500
This man was the first to reach the North Pole.
Who is Matthew Henson.
500
"If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it."
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
500
In 1999, various United States governmental agencies, including the FBI, were found guilty in a civil wrongful death case for the assassination of this well-known civil right leader.