Music
This girl group consisted of Left Eye, T-Boz, and Chilli.
What is TLC?
This person was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War.
This 2018 film achieved historic box office success and known for being a groundbreaking celebration of black culture.
What is Black Panther?
Float like a butterfly, Sting like a bee
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Born in Inglewood, California, she began her career as a model at the age of 15 and was the first Black American woman to be featured on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared three times.
Who is Tyra Banks?
This Michael Jackson's music video was the first by a black artist ever to appear on MTV.
What is Billie Jean?
The Harlem Renaissance began in this state
What is New York?
An American crime drama television series created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron. Set in 1983 Los Angeles, the series revolves around the first crack epidemic and its impact on the culture of the city.
What is Snowfall?
He was the first African-American to win the Master's Tournament.
Who is Tiger Woods?
The bag is made of vegan leather, a material derived from plastic, and branded with a signature T-shaped logo.
What is Telfar?
This music group had the first rap song to achieve commercial success known as “Rapper‟s Delight.” in 1979
Who is The Sugar Hill Gang?
This author is known for her excellent poems such as: Still I Rise, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and Phenomenal Women.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This movie was produced by Jordan Peele, and follows a family's serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them.
What is US?
The total amount of Grand Slam titles Venus and Serena Williams hold collectively
What is 48?
This Chicago-born designer switched from architecture to pursue fashion design in 2009 when interning at Fendi in Rome. He is known for his collaboration with Nike, and his clothing lines "Pyrex Vision" and "Off-White".
Who is Virgil Abloh?
This music label is known for producing The Supremes, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, and Stevie Wonder
What is Motown Records?
James Baldwin's most known work about racism in the south. Has strong Biblical undertones
What is "Go Tell it on The Mountain"?
This American musical drama television series was created by Lee Daniels and Danny Strong. It follows the life of a hip hop mogul, and CEO of _______ Entertainment.
What is Empire?
He is the NFL's all time leader in receptions, yards, and touchdowns, winning 3 Superbowls while playing for the San Francisco 49ers.
Who is Jerry Rice?
This artist was well known for their Neo-Expressionism during the 1980s
Jean-Michael Basquiat
This genre was a type of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular.
What is R&B?
The first known African-American to publish literature, famous for "An Evening Thought"
Who is Jupiter Hammon
First television channel devoted to programming targeting African Americans.
BET
He was the first African-American to play in the NFL.
Who is Frits Pollard?
This art movement arose in early 1900's New York City. It propelled a new identity for African Americans that encompassed poetry and prose, painting and sculpture, jazz and swing, opera and dance.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Who was the first Black artist to win album of the year at the Grammys for "Innervisions" in 1974?
Who is Stevie Wonders?
This person was the youngest inaugural poet in history when she performed her poem "The Hill We Climb" during the inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2021.
This animated series first aired on Disney Channel in 2001, and follows the life of Penny. The series came back on Disney+ in 2022- and integrates socially relevant themes in the new "louder & prouder" revamp.
How many African-American head coaches have their been in the NFL since its inception in 1920?
26
This person was the first black woman to lead a luxury brand for LVMH with her cosmetic brand Fenty Beauty.
Who is Rihanna?
Who became the first became the first Black composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1996?
George Walker
Who is often referred to as the mother of African American literature and was the first African American to publish a book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, in 1773.
This person made history when she became the first Black woman to win two Oscars in 2023. In 2019, she became the first Black person to win the Oscar for best costume design for her win on Marvel’s “Black Panther.” In 2023, she won the award again for her work on the film’s sequel, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Ruth E. Carter
On April 25, 1950, this man made history when he became the first African-American player to be drafted by an NBA team. He was drafted with the first pick in the second round to the Boston Celtics.
Who is Charles “Chuck” Cooper?
What concept expresses notions of Black identity, agency and freedom through art, creative works and activism that envision liberated futures for Black life?