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Blackventions
Musicology
Afro Tech
Black Politicians That Represent Me
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This informal spoken-word contest in which one trades insults with someone else about each other and each other's family members(especially moms) in front of an audience of bystanders is considered a schoolyard tradition from kid generation to kid generation. Just remember to not take the jokes too seriously.
What are the Dozens/Dirty Dozens/ Yo' Mama jokes?
100
Frederick McKinley Jones (May 17, 1893 – February 21, 1961) was an African American inventor, entrepreneur, engineer, winner of the National Medal of Technology, and an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. He created what most would consider one of the coolest technologies that's still highly significant and in use today.
What is Mobile refrigeration technology?
100
This artist originally recorded the song No One in the World" is a song by American R&B singer Anita Baker.
Who is Dionne Warwick?
100
This Hampton Institute alum, who graduated with bachelor's degrees in mathematics and physical science, became NASA's first black female engineer in 1958. She was portrayed by Janelle Monáe in 2016's Hidden Figures.
Who is Mary Jackson?
100
While she was unsuccessful in her first Georgia gubernatorial race in 2018 due to an unfair playing field, this American politician and lawyer truly found her calling when she founded the voting rights nonprofit Fair Fight Action which played a major role in both the 2020 presidential election and Georgia's 2020–2021 senatorial elections.
Who is Stacey Abrams?
200
What is Spilling/sipping the tea?
200
This inventor created the original security unit for the home. She devised this system after feeling unsafe when her husband was away on business and she spent evenings alone in a neighborhood with high crime rates and unresponsive police. in 1966 She invented a system that used a camera that could slide into and look through four peepholes in her front door. The camera’s view would then appear on a monitor in her home so she could survey any potentially unwanted guests.
Who is Mary Van Brittan Brown?
200
Lesane Parish Crooks is an American born rapper June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996) and was considered one of the most influential rappers of all time having sold more than 75 million records worldwide.He was born in New York City to parents who were both political activists and Black Panther Party members and when he was a year old his mother changed his name and named him after a Peruvian revolutionary. Much of Mr. Crooks music has been noted for addressing contemporary social issues that plagued inner cities, and he is considered a symbol of activism against inequality.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
200
This self-taught technologist now Principal Engineer at Google is often considered the de facto spokesperson for Kubernetes.
Who is Kelsey Hightower?
200
This politician and trailblazer became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968, representing New York's 12th congressional district. In the 1972 presidential election, she became the first black candidate to run for a major party's presidential nomination as well as the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
300
The Black Panther movie has been associated with this term first coined by American author Mark Dery, representing the intersection of science fiction, fantasy, and Afrocentricity.
What is Afro Futurism
300
This inventor developed what he called the safety hood after noticing how many firefighters were killed by smoke on the job. The hood, which went over the head, featured tubes connected to wet sponges that filtered out smoke and provided fresh oxygen.
Who is Garrett Morgan?
300
Kendrick Lamar is considered as one of the most important rappers of his age since his mainstream breakthrough in 2012 with Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City. Under what name did he embark on his musical career?.
What is K-Dot?
300
This electrical engineer spent a decade in biotechnology, working at companies including Genentech, Novartis, and Merck, before founding Black Girls Code in 2011.
Who is Kimberly Bryant?
300
This Harlem native was not only the first African American to serve as the chairman of the Democratic National Convention, but the first African American to serve as U.S. secretary of commerce during the Clinton Administration. He tragically lost his life, along with 34 others, in a 1996 plane crash in Croatia.
Who is Ron Brown?
400
If you are considered a chump, sucker, or uncool person, you are definitely considered this unflattering term who TLC gives no love to.
What is a scrub?
400
During the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century, this inventor successfully filed at least five patents with the United States Patent Office. Among his most significant inventions were a street letter box (U.S. Patent numbers 462,092 and 462,093) and a mechanical device for operating street railway switches
Who is Philip Bell Downing?
400
In an old book written by Carl Engel and titled “The Music of the Most Ancient Nations…” was published in 1870 and describes a scale which today is known as the Blues Scale... that has influenced music by composers of color and ultimately all music for hundreds of years.
Where is Senegal?
400
This former Chief Digital Service Officer for the United States Department of Education during the Obama Administration developed the animation used to produce GIFs(Yes, it's pronounced GIFs not JIFFs you sociopaths!)
Who is Lisa Gelobter?
400
This former Dean of Howard University's School of Law made history in 1977 when she became the first African American woman to hold a Cabinet position after being appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the Carter Administration.
Who is Patricia Roberts Harris?
500
These members made up the famous Wu-Tang Clan. The Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop group formed in Staten Island, New York City, in 1992. The group released their debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) in 1993; it received widespread critical acclaim and has since been consistently rated as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time.
Who are the RZA, the GZA, ODB, Inspectah Deck, Masta Killah, U-God, Method Man, Raekwon and GhostFace Killa?
500
This inventor has been largely credited with multiple patents leading to the creation of "stainless steel"
Who is James Parsons?
500
Aretha Franklin recorded a song which became a feminist anthem for the second-wave feminism movement in the 1970s. It has often been considered one of the best R&B songs of its era earning Franklin two Grammy Awards in 1968 for "Best Rhythm & Blues Recording" and "Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female", and being inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1987.
Who is Otis Redding?
500
Musicians, Radio DJs, and Podcasters alike owe a debt of gratitude to this inventor and acoustician who, in 1962, developed the electret transducer technology that's used in 90 percent of microphones used today.
Who is Dr. James E. West?
500
In 1870, this son of Fayetteville, North Carolina became the first African-American to serve in Congress, as a Republican senator representing the state of Mississippi.
Who is Hiram Rhodes Revels?