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Made In Detroit
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DST "FIRST"
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This African American singer and dancer was also known as the "King of Pop"?
Who is Michael Jackson
100
Who said, 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'?
Who is Harriet Tubman
100
Founded by Barry Gordy in 1959, this company became one of the most successful black-owned companies in the nation?
What is Motown
100
In 1988, this Olympic track star won three gold medals and two silver medals, and still holds world records in 100-meter and 200-meter races?
Who is Florence “Flo-Jo” Griffith-Joyner
100
She was the First African-American female U.S. Senator.
Who is Carol Moseley Braun
200
Who is ranked as the second best-selling female artist of the 21st century with record sales of over 37 million dollars?
Who is Beyoncé Knowles
200
Who said "Always in parting, we wish you love, peace, and soul"?
Who is Don Cornelius
200
This event lasted five days and left 43 dead and 467 injured; it is reputed to have deepened the divide between whites and blacks in Detroit?
What is 1967 Riots
200
This Louisville KY native was the first boxer to win the world heavyweight championship three times?
Who is Muhammad Ali
200
First Black Social Worker in South Africa; Anti-apartheid advocate
Who is Winnie Mandela
300
This recent Oscar winner portray a criminal defense professor on American TV series?
Who is Viola Davis
300
Who said "Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise I rise I rise."?
Who is Maya Angelou
300
In 1974, He was elected the first major of Detroit?
Who is Coleman Young
300
He broke the color barrier in baseball and became the first African American to play in the major leagues?
Who is Jackie Robinson
300
First American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during one of the Olympic Games?
Who is Wilma Rudolph
400
Which author became the first African-American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. (Hint: Her resume includes "Sula" and "The Bluest Eye")
Who is Toni Morrison
400
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
400
This Detroit native refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Who is Rosa Parks
400
Following her careers in college and professional basketball, she became the first female member of the Harlem Globetrotters in 1985?
Who is Lynette Woodward
400
Executive of Johnson Publishing Company; Creator of the Ebony Fashion Show?
Who is Eunice W. Johnson
500
This former talk show host is also the first African-American female Billionaire
Oprah Winfrey
500
Who said "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history is American history."?
Who is Morgan Freeman
500
He delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech first in Detroit, before taking it to Washington?
Who is Martin L. King Jr
500
Who was the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit?
Who is Charlie Sifford
500
1st black woman to represent Ohio in the House; Former chairwoman of the House Ethics Committee?
Who is Stephanie Tubbs Jones