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100
Who was the individual that founded Gates BBQ ?
What is George W. Gates
100
Will Smith is known for his Iconic role in this classic 90s sitcom
What is the Fresh Prince of Bell air ?
100
This network of clandestine routes and safe houses was established in the United States during the early- to the mid-19th century. It was used by enslaved African Americans primarily to escape into free states and Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad ?
100
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi formed this movement in response to Trayvon Martin’s murderer’s acquittal in 2013 it is abbreviated as BLM.-
What is Black Lives Matter ?
100
This court case ended legal segregation in 1955?
What is Brown v Board of Education ?
200
What are the two museums here in KC that showcase black history and music
What is the Negro League Baseball Museum and American Jazz museum
200
This superhero movie was the first marvel movie that won a golden globe and also made over 1.3 billion in the box office
What is Black Panther ?
200
This player signed with Brooklyn Dodgers and broke the baseball color line?
Who is Jackie Robinson ?
200
This president officially recognized black history month
Who is President Gerald Ford ?
200
This court case created the separate but equal clause?
What is Plessy v Ferguson ?
300
Johnson hall is named after this former president of the KC NAACP chapter and his wife who was an avid social worker and journalist with The Kansas City Call
Who are Herman and Dorthy Johnson
300
This creator of record breaking abbott elementary, won 2023 golden globe for best comedy?
Who is Quinta Brunson ?
300
This famous civil rights leader led the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
What is Martin Luther King ?
300
This civil rights organization was founded in 1909.
What is the NAACP
300
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment
400
Who founded Love is Key here in Kansas City?
Who is Tameisha Martin ?
400
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise”.
Who is Maya Angelou ?
400
How much was the fine that Rosa Parks refused to pay because she said she was not guilty of any crime?
What is $14 ?
400
Who said “If not us, then who. If not now, then when?”
What is John Lewis
400
Who was the first African American to run for president?
Who is George Edwin Taylor ?
500
What is represented in this photo?
What is Redlining ?
500
Who created the The album Young, Gifted and Black climbed to #2 on Billboard's R&B albums survey and peaked at #11 on the main album chart. It was quickly certified Gold ?
Who is Aretha Franklin ?
500
This award winning book written during the Harlem Renaisance address many social and intellectual issues faced by black Americans in the early/mid 20th century ?
What is Invisible Man ?
500
This movement is in response to the Atlanta Police Foundation’s plans to build the largest US training facility for Police in the Weelaunee Forest, an area with primarily black residents who oppose the project.
What is "stop cop city"
500
This president desegregated the military
Who is Harry S Truman ?