Black Movies
This movie led to the first Academy Award win for Adonis Creed in the Creed franchise, and for Erik Killmonger in Black Panther and Oscar Grant III in Fruitvale Station.
What is Sinners?
This man is the self-proclaimed “greatest boxer of all time” was originally named after his father, who was named after the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Marcellus Clay?
Who is Muhammad Ali?
The King of Pop
Who is Michael Jackson?
First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice
Who is Justice Ketanji Brown?
The time was Usher in his drop-top cruising the streets
What is seven o'clock on the dot?
This film originated the ubiquitous pop-culture catchphrase "Bye, Felicia"
What is Friday?
This Olympic athlete is considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time
The letters R&B stand for
What is Rhythm & Blues?
First major Black candidate to run for President?
Who is Jesse Jackson?
This NY-born neo-expressionist’s hairstyle influenced the Grammy Award-winning artist The Weeknd's trademark freeform hairstyle
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat?
This 2000s romance stars Sanaa Lathan, who plays basketball for USC in the film
What is Love & Basketball?
This famous NBA player retired, then later signed a baseball contract with the Chicago White Sox.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This is the go to dinner meal in Black households
What is spaghetti?
This Supreme Court Justice argued Brown v. Board of Education
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Who is James Brown?
This movie’s director (then 21 years old) drew from his own life growing up in Los Angeles to create this classic 90s film
What is Boyz n the Hood?
In 1966, this Boston Celtics legend became the first Black head coach in NBA history while still playing for the team.
Who is Bill Russel?
This woman came up with hair products during slavery and became the first black female millionaire.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
First Black First Family (must name all their names)?
Who are Sasha, Malia, Michelle, and Barack?
This East St. Louis-raised trumpeter left Juilliard to later release Kind of Blue in 1959, often called the best-selling jazz album of all time
Who is Miles Davis?
This movie's main character is played by the actor known for playing Avon Barksdale on HBO’s The Wire
What is Paid in Full?
During this famous British athlete’s adolescence, his dad had to work odd jobs in order to fund the athlete’s budding career
Who is Lewis Hamilton?
This 2011 sensation, Supa Hot Fire, who seemed unbeatable, lost his undefeated record to this rapper.
This dead Morehouse alum ran for president for the GOP in 2012
Who is Hermain Cain?
Published in 1844, this novel was written by the grandson of an enslaved woman from Saint-Domingue, and its Gascon hero was based on a real soldier named Charles de Batz de Castelmore.
What is The Three Musketeers?