Sports
This Lakers legend wore #24 and #8
Kobe Bryant
Before Beyoncé became a solo superstar, this group released “No, No, No,” “Say My Name,” and “Bills, Bills, Bills.”
Destiny’s Child
This 1992 film directed by John Singleton made him the youngest person ever nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director.
Boyz N Tha Hood
This 1984 sitcom starred Bill Cosby as Dr. Heathcliff Huxtable and became one of the most influential Black sitcoms of the decade.
The Cosby Show
Who was the first Black Supreme Court justice in U.S. history?
Thurgood Marshall
This NBA legend won eight consecutive championships with the Boston Celtics and was the first Black head coach to win an NBA title.
Bill Russell
This singer was known as the “King of Pop” and released Thriller, the best-selling album of all time.
Michael Jackson
This 1991 film directed by Spike Lee starred Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Chris Rock and Judd Nelson and centered around a Harlem drug organization called the Cash Money Brothers.
New Jack City
Which Black boxer became the undisputed heavyweight champion in 1987 after defeating Tony Tucker?
This Black entrepreneur built one of America's earliest major Black-owned hair-care businesses and became a millionaire through it.
Madam CJ Walker
This quarterback became the first Black quarterback inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Warren Moon
This 1996 album by Tupac was released just days after he was released from prison and became his first album on Death Row Records.
All Eyez On Me
This 2019 Jordan Peele film follows a family confronted by terrifying doppelgängers known as the Tethered.
US
What iconic Black fashion model became one of the first Black supermodels to achieve international fame during the 1980s?
Naomi Campbell
This organization was founded in 1909 and became one of the nation's most prominent civil rights organizations.
NAACP
This Black quarterback was the first NFL player to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season while primarily playing quarterback.
Michael Vick
Before becoming a mainstream hitmaker, this Three 6 Mafia member released the solo album Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin' in 2001.
Project Pat
What 1995 horror film directed by Rusty Cundieff follows a mysterious funeral-home owner who tells four terrifying stories to visitors?
Tales from the Hood
This organization, founded in 1980 by Robert L. Johnson, became the first television network primarily aimed at Black audiences.
BET
This historically Black women's college was founded in 1881 and became one of the country's most prominent HBCUs for Black women.
Spellman
This player became the first WNBA player to win Rookie of the Year and MVP in the same career season.
Candace Parker
This producer is widely credited with helping define the New Jack Swing sound and worked with Bobby Brown, Guy and Bell Biv DeVoe.
Teddy Riley
What 2001 supernatural horror film stars Snoop Dogg as a murdered gangster who returns from the dead?
Bones
This political figure ran for president in both 1984 and 1988 and became one of the most prominent Black presidential candidates of the decade.
Jesse Jackson
This 1920s cultural movement celebrated Black literature, art, music, theater, and intellectual life.
Harlem Renaissance