Philanthropy
This Atlanta rapper is using his star power and wealth to build schools in Ghana.
Lil Jon
This webcast series was introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic as a virtual DJ battle.
Verzuz
In the late nineteenth century there was a system of laws that enforced racial discrimination in the United States. What was it called?
Jim Crow
These Black soldiers were trained to become pilots in World War II. They were mostly assigned to Italy where they destroyed enemy planes. Who were they?
Tuskegee Airmen (also known as Red Tails Squadron)
Matthew Henson was with the first expedition to reach what destination?
The North Pole
This NBA All-Star's charitable organization gives back to his hometown by supports at-risk children and providing them with a stable learning environment both at school and at home.
LeBron James
This song to benefit Ethiopian famine relief, written by Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson, was recorded in an all night session by more than three dozen rock stars immediately following the 1985 American Music Awards.
We Are The World
Who founded the first major Black American nationalist movement that called for Blacks to move back to Africa?
Marcus Garvey
Established by Congress in 1866 as the first peacetime all-Black regiments in the regular U.S. Army, what soldiers were originally members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas?
Buffalo Soldiers
Dr. Ronald McNair was an astronaut who made his first space shuttle mission in 1984. Unfortunately his last space mission was never completed. What happened to he and his crew on January 28, 1986?
Dr. McNair was America's second Black astronaut and one of seven crew members killed in the space shuttle Challenger explosion. The flight would have been his second voyage in space.
In 2009, this King of Comedy established an annual mentoring camp for fatherless boys, ages 14–18
Steve Harvey
Which song is played multiple times during the cookout?
Before I Let Go - Frankie Beverly & Maze
Who were the founders of the Black Panther Party?
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale
What Black support unit drove supplies by truck to advancing American forces and also performed yeoman service during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944?
The Red Ball Express
Name this aviatrix who became the first Black person to earn an international flying license
Bessie Coleman
This Philly rapper started a $2 million scholarship fund to assist approximately 1,000 pre-K to high school students from low-income households during the 2020-21 school year
Meek Mill
After reading her poem, The Hill We Climb, at Joe Biden's presidential inauguration, two of this 23 year old's previously published books achieved best-seller status.
Amanda Gorman
She witnessed the East St. Louis riots in 1917 and immigrated to France just six years later. She was a singer, dancer, nightclub owner and later became a member of the French resistance
Josephine Baker
To what position was Colin Powell appointed, making him the highest ranking military officer?
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
For what is Dr. Mae C. Jemison known?
Being the first Black female astronaut to travel in space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor in 1992
This media mogul established a leadership academy/boarding school for underprivileged girls in grades eight to 12. Her foundation pays all the girls’ living expenses, including school uniforms and braces. She spends at least a week on campus during visits and makes a point to have a fireside chat with each girl.
Oprah Winfrey
This music genre has been vital in promoting social and political awareness among today's youth
Rap/Hip Hop
Although we know Rosa Parks was the face of the Montgomery bus boycott, what is the name of the 15 year old young lady who refused to surrender her seat several months before Rosa Parks?
Claudette Colvin
*DOUBLE JEOPARDY*
Doris "Dorie" Miller, a Navy cook, was the first African American to receive this medal (the Navy's third highest honor at the time) for manning a machine gun, without experience and shooting down four enemy aircrafts during the attack on Pearl Harbor
The Navy Cross
In addition to accurately predicting the solar eclipse of 1789, what else is Benjamin Banneker known for?
Surveying the territory which would become Washington DC