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Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. was an African American inventor and businessman who invented this device originally known as the smoke hood.
What is the Gas Mask
100
This is the 9th highest grossing film of all time and the highest-grossing solo superhero film of all time.
What is Black Panther
100
New Hampshire was the last state to observe this holiday. Observed on the third Monday of January each year, this day is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of an American Civil Rights leader.
What is MLK Day
100
US Congress called her "the first lady of civil rights". She was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks
100
This nonprofit organization was founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States".
What is the American Civil Liberties Union?
200
In 1923, Inventor Garrett Morgan, Sr. was the first African-American to own a car in Cleveland. He patented this device to help control the flow of moving vehicles.
What is the Stop Light
200
This film tells the incredible untold story brilliant African-American women working at NASA who served as the brains behind the launch into orbit of astronaut John Glenn
What is Hidden Figures
200
Celebrated in many countries throughout the world, this is an annual month long celebration of achievements by black Americans and a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history.
What is Black History Month
200
This is the international activist movement, originating in the African-American community that campaigns against police violence and systemic racism towards black people.
What is the Black Lives Matter Movement
200
This civil rights organization was formed in 1909 as a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
300
Aerospace engineer Lonnie Johnson was recently awarded more than $72 million by the toy company Hasbro for his invention of this water fighting device.
What is the Super Soaker
300
This film revolves around 16 hours in the lives of two unemployed slackers, who must pay a drug dealer $200 by 10:00 PM. (When he said “today was a good day” we wasn’t talking about this day).
What is the movie Friday
300
Created by Maulana Karenga in 1966, this week-long celebration honors African heritage in African-American culture with seven core principles culminating in a feast and gift-giving.
What is Kwanzaa
300
African American social activist Tarana Burke created this phrase, campaign, and hashtag to promote "empowerment through empathy" among women of color who have experienced sexual abuse, particularly within underprivileged communities.
What is Me Too
300
This nonprofit organization, founded in 2007, aims to restore the presumption of innocence by paying bail for incarcerated peoples.
What is The Bail Project?
400
Marie Van Brittan Brown was a full-time nurse who is recognized as the inventor of this type of system that alerts you and contacts the relevant authorities when burglars are at your door.
What is the Home Security System
400
The star of the hit shows Reading Rainbow and Star Trek played a young tribesman from coastal Africa who was captured and sold into slavery in this film
What is Roots
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Who is this
Who is Harriet Tubman
400
In 1964, four black girls in Alabama were killed in a church bombing set by the KKK. Furthermore, registers in Alabama prevented blacks from registering to vote. President Johnson then refused to help. These events led to Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King joining James Bevel on a voting rights march in this city of Alabama.
What is Selma
400
This progressive nonprofit civil rights advocacy organization was formed in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in order to use online resources to strengthen the political voice of African Americans.
What is the Color of Change?
500
Mary and her sister Mildred Davis patented many practical inventions that we use every day such as the walker for older folks and person hygiene items for women. They are also the inventors of the holder/roller for this household item.
What is the Toilet Tissue Holder
500
The film chronicoles the journey of an African prince from the fictional nation of Zamunda, who comes to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry.
What is Coming to America
500
On August 26, 1920 the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution gave these peoples the right to vote. August 26th is hereby recognized as a day to celebrate the equality of these peoples.
What is Women's Equality Day
500
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Who is this?
Fredrick Douglas
500
This comprehensive platform of research-based policy solutions aims to end police brutality in America.
What is Campaign Zero?
600
In 1893, Dr. Daniel H. Williams became the first surgeon to perform this type of surgery on a human.
What is Open Heart Surgery
600
This film is an American horror film that stars a young black man who uncovers a disturbing secret when he meets the family of his white girlfriend
What is Get Out
600
This is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. The observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond.
What is Juneteenth
600
On October 16th, 1995 led by Louis Farrakhan, this gather en masse of African American on the National Mall in Washington DC aimed to covey a different picture of the Black Man by gathering this many men in solidarity.
What is One Million Man March
600
This non-profit founded in 1999 is dedicated to ending law enforcement abuse through legal action and educational programming.
What is the National Police Accountability Project (NPAP)?