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During the Civil War Harriet Tubman was labeled as a capable nurse, with extensive knowledge of natural and herbal remedies. She treated many soldiers who were suffering from dysentery and smallpox while remarkably managing to stay healthy herself. She is widely known for...

What is freeing over 300 slaves to freedom

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This person was the first licensed African American nurse…

Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney

100

In what year did Cash Money Records take over?

What is 99 and 2000’s


 



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This baseball player played on a Canadian baseball team before making his historic debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947?

Who is Jackie Robinson

200

Many black enslaved people escaped to the north via?

What is the Underground Railroad

200

Otis Brooklyn was an inventor and engineer who improved the control unit of this implanted device that controls a persons heartbeat? 

What is a pacemaker


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Dr. Oriuwa graduated from the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine in 2020 where she was the first Black woman to be named the sole valedictorian of her class. She was included in this line of dolls advocacy against systemic racism in health care

Who is Barbie

200

This popular figure is best known for refusing to give up her seat on the bus? 

Who is Rosa Parks

300

The constitutional amendment gave African Americans equal protection under this law…

What is The 14th amendment 

300

What study included the unethical involvement of African-American men to discover the treatment for syphilis?

What is The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis

300

What is the largest HBCU?


What is North Carolinas Agricultural & Technical State University?


300

Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

Who is Thurgood Marshall




400

When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?


What is 1926




400

 
Dr. Vivien Thomas created a procedure to treat this cyanotic heart disease in infants?   




What is blue baby syndrome

400

This movie told the story of African American women and their role at NASA…

What is Hidden Figures?



400

This person was the first African American billionaire…

Who is Oprah Winfrey 






500

This person performed the world’s first open heart surgery…

Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams 



500

Dr. Rebeeca Crumpler previously worked as a nurse, then attended the  New England Female Medical College in 1864, and became the first Black female physician in the United States. Dr. Crumpler was also one of the first African American to make a publication with the release of her book titled …



What is the Book of Medical of Diagnoses 



500

This person was not only the first African American woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, but the first woman, period…



Who is Aretha Franklin 



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What organized group led by Angela Davis, opened food pantries and daycares, and provided transportation for the Black community during the Civil Rights era?

Who are the Black Panthers