R&B
R&B stands for?
Rhythm and Blues
When did Juneteenth start?
June 19, 1865
What was the first hip hop record label?
Sugar Hill Records
What is the oldest known holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the US?
Juneteenth
Who was the first black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
What does BEN stand for?
Black Employee Network
What is the birth place of Funk and R&B?
New Orleans
Juneteenth is also known as?
Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day and CelLiberation Day
When it comes to 90s rap what two rappers are typically compared?
Tupac and Biggie
What soda pop is associated with Juneteenth?
Strawberry Soda Pop
Who was the first licensed Black pilot?
Bessie Coleman
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger (pictured here) informed slaves of their emancipation from slavery. In which state did this event take place?
Texas
Who wrote the soul changing hit ‘A Change Gone Come?
Sam Cooke
What does the Juneteenth monument commemorate?
A reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
What infamous hip-hop group had RZA, GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah?
Wu-Tang Clan
What does the bursting star on the Juneteenth flag symbolize ?
New Freedom and New People
In June of 1967 he was nominated to serve as a justice on the United States Supreme Court and argued the Brown vs. Board of Education?
Thurgood Marshall
What two Union border states continued to practice slavery up until the 13th Amendment was ratified?
Delaware & Kentucky
R&B was previously known as?
Race Records
Granger’s announcement came almost three years after the Emancipation Proclamation, the famous executive order abolishing slavery issued by which US President?
Abraham Lincoln
Who Is the first female rapper to have a Diamond Certified song with Bodak Yellow?
Cardi B
What was the name of the first public park freed-people had to purchase to celebrate Juneteenth and swim in, in the Houston Area?
Emancipation Park
Apart of the LGBTQIA+ community known for Notes of a Native Son and Giovannis Room?
James Baldwin
How many slaves were estimated to be in the United States in the early 1860s before slavery was outlawed?
3.9 million
What are two of the most common musical instruments used in R&B?
Saxophone, drums, bass, guitars, trumpet and piano.
The first legislation to recognize Juneteenth Independence Day was introduced in the U.S House of Representative by who?
Barbara- Rose Collins
He has 99 problems and a _____ aint one?
Jay-Z
In what year did Juneteenth become a federal holiday?
June 17, 2021
“I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident, cocky; my name, not yours; my religion, not yours; my goals, my own; get used to me” - ??
Muhammad Ali
Which US President signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday?
Joe Biden