Match Made in History
The couple in politics who made history as the first Black President and First Lady of the United States.
Who is Barack and Michelle Obama?
On the sitcom Martin, the name of Martin Payne's longtime girlfriend and later wife.
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This R&B group released the romantic anthem "End of the Road" in 1992.
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Led enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad, often risking her own life.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This Jamaican singer is famous for the love song "Is This Love".
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The Supreme Court case, led by Richard and Mildred Loving, legalizing interracial marriage in the U.S.
What is Loving v. Virginia?
The movie, starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps, that tells the story of a basketball-playing couple who fall in and out of love.
The poet and civil rights activist who recited a poem at President Clinton's inauguration, inspiring millions with themes of love and resilience.
Who is Maya Angelou?
This abolitionist published '"The North Star," advocating for the freedom and equality of enslaved people.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This Afro-Caribbean festival includes dances, parades, and colorful expressions of joy and love.
What is Carnival?
Amiri Baraka and Amina Baraka were leading figures in this cultural and artistic movement.
What is The Black Arts Movement?
The TV show featuring Dwayne Wayne and Whitney Gilbert as an iconic couple who marry despite their differences.
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This song by Lauryn Hill, from her album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, is an ode to unconditional love.
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Founded the United Negro College Fund, which has supported higher education for Black students since 1944.
Who is Federick D. Patterson?
Essence' is widely credited with helping popularize this music genre globally.
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The couple who opened the Highlander Folk School to train activists and leaders during the Civil Rights Movement.
Who are Myles Horton & Septima Clark?
In Poetic Justice, the name of the love interest played by Tupac Shakur.
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The Harlem Renaissance poet that wrote "Lift Every Voice & Sing", often called the Black National Anthem.
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
The Black nurse and entrepreneur who founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses.
Who is Mary Eliza Mahoney?
This South African leader spent 27 years in prison fighting apartheid and later became the nation's president.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This husband and wife team co-founded the Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia to support Black voices in theater.
Who is John Allen and Barbara Ann Teer?
The actors who played Uncle Phil and Aunt Viv, one of TV's most enduring Black couples, on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
In Langston Hughes' poem "Dream Variations," this emotion he associates with freedom and joy.
This activist and co-founder of the NCAAP worked to ensure justice for African Americans through legal systems.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
In many African traditions, this symbolic item is exchanged as part of a marriage dowry.
What is cattle or livestock?