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100
What painter completed 60 panels of narrative paintings now called The Migration Series (originally The Migration of the Negro) in 1940-41? (below is panel #1)
100
What is the name of the pseudoscientific belief that believes "scientific evidence" can be used to support or justify slavery, South African apartheid, eugenics, and the creation of IQ and standardized testing?
Scientific racism
100
What colloquial name describes the house of worship of Black Christians?
The Black church
100
Name this distinguished civil rights lawyer and first African American justice to serve on the Supreme Court after being nominated by LBJ in 1967.
Thurgood Marshall
100
What's my middle name?
I don't have one !
200
Black women are how many more likely to die in childbirth compared to white women? (Bonus: why?)
3x
"For much of American history..." to "...was a constant theme."
200
What is the name of this (anti-semitic, anti-gay) Black separatist religious movement and organization founded in 1930 by Elijah Muhammad?
200
Marcus Garvey, a Jamaican-born Black nationalist was leader of what movement that believed, "African people, both on the continent and in the diaspora, share not merely a common history, but a common destiny"
Pan-Africanism
https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/pan-africanism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Africanism
Fun fact: The flags of numerous states in Africa and of pan-African groups use green, yellow and red. This colour combination was originally adopted from the 1897 flag of Ethiopia, and was inspired by the fact that Ethiopia is the continent's oldest independent nation, thus making the Ethiopian green, yellow, and red the closest visual representation of pan-Africanism.
https://www.csusm.edu/bsc/pan-afflag.html
200
Where did I study abroad in my junior year of high school? (Bonus: name the city)
Zaragoza, Spain
El Pilar
300
This freestyle dance move that emerged during the 1980s Chicago house scene shares the name of this popular (four-word) American Fast Food chain?
Jack in the Box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xeN8gNny2U
300
What infamous (**racist) biomedical research study was conducted on a group of 600 impoverished sharecroppers between 1932 and 1972 by the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) and the CDC?
300
What spiritual hymn was Harriet Tubman known for singing to fellow enslaved people to help safely guide them in their passage towards freedom?
300
Name any fact that you know about the origins of Black History Month (e.g., date started, who started it, what president made it into an officially recognized celebration, why February, this year's theme)
Carter G. Woodson, 1926, Negro History Week on 2nd week of Feb. (birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass) = weeklong celebration to encourage the coordinated teaching of Black history in public schools, President Gerald R. Ford officially recognized Black History Month during the country's 1976 bicentennial, 2022 theme = Black Health & Wellness
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/01/1075623826/why-is-february-black-history-month
300
Name any bad / good habit of mine
Biting nails, doing stuff at the last minute/late, overthinking, forgetful, locking myself out of car 7x times (1x w/keys in ignition)
Plan
400
Name the famous (Seattle-born) guitarist featured on the cover of this album and/or the title of this album, his most famous.
Jimi Hendrix, Are You Experienced
400
Who is the woman on the right (American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights)?
Katherine Johnson (right), Taraji P. Henson (left, who played her in Hidden Figures)
400
Name any of the regions that influenced the African diasporic religion known as Louisiana or New Orleans Voodoo.
West Africa (early 18th century, enslaved, ~80% Bambara & ~20% Kongo peoples)
France (early 18th century, Roman Catholic)
Haiti (early 19th century migrants fleeing Haitian Revolution brought Haitian Vodou)
400
Who is this newly-nominated judge who, if confirmed, will serve as the Supreme Court's first Black woman justice?
Ketanji Brown Jackson
https://time.com/6146624/history-first-black-woman-supreme-court-justice-nominee/
400
Who is/are my current favorite musical artists? (pts for every1 named)
J Dilla, Nujabes (all-time)
KAYTRANADA, Lil Uzi, Dijon, Aster Aweke
500
What is the name of this Philly-based annual celebration (film festival) of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global communities of color?
Blackstar https://www.blackstarfest.org/
500
What famous viral immunologist led the team that worked with Moderna to develop the COVID-19 vaccine?
500
What is the name of this Afro-Cuban men's initiatory fraternity/secret society which originated from the Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon?
Abakuá https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaku%C3%A1
El Ñañígo (name of dancer/member)
http://theappendix.net/issues/2014/4/el-nanigo-spirit-dancer-of-afro-cuba
Watch De Cierta Manera (1977)
500
This teacher and civil rights activist, dubbed Philly's "Rosa Parks", defiantly rode street cars and filed petitions to have a law against black riders repealed
500
What was my favorite childhood book series?
Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Rainbow Fairies, Magic Tree House