Name that African American
Name any black person
kind of hard to mess this one up!
In which year did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlaw racial segregation in public spaces?
1964
The ‘mammy’ stereotype has been used to promote these popular Pearl Milling food products for over 100 years, and was only recently changed in 2021.
Aunt Jamima's Breakfast Items
The Disney movie “Princess and The Frog” takes place in what U.S. City?
New Orleans
Black Panther
Who is the first black woman to serve on the supreme court?
Ketanji Brown
Which amendment outlawed slavery?
13th Amendment
What two foods are stereotyped as being favored among the Black community?
Watermelon and Fried Chicken
Childish Gambino wrote the song “This is America” which is about what policy reform movement?
Black Lives Matter
Name the two famous musical artists that starred in the 1993 film “Poet Justice”
Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur
MLK Jr.
Nelson Mandela was a civil rights activist and former president of South Africa known for ending what caste system?
Apartheid
Who was the first black women to refuse to give up her seat on the bus?
Claudette Colvin
A service in which high amounts of heat and pressure are used to straighten curly or coily hair is called what?
Silk Press
This movie is a reimagined classic with an all-black cast starring Diana Ross
The Wiz
This civil rights activist marched alongside MLK jr. and was known for rallying for gay rights as well as racial equality
Bayard Rustin
Jim Crow Laws were established after the emancipation proclamation to limit the freedom and movement of the black community, these laws were eventually weeded out and replaced with what institution known as “The New Jim Crow”
The prison system
Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, which was massacred in 1921, was known as what?
Black Wall Street
This variety of English is spoken within the U.S. typically concentrated within urban areas. Contributing terms such as “hip” and “tote”
African American Vernacular English
What is the name of the main character in “The Steve Harvey Show”
Steve Hightower (Who was played by Steve Harvey)
This is the first black person to run for vice president in the United States, was on the ticket with women's suffragette Victoria Woodhull
Fredrick Douglass
Name 10 countries in Africa
Egypt, Algeria, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Namibia, Gambia, Zambia, Djibouti, Rwanda, Uganda, Niger, Nigeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Seychelles, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mali, Malawi, Comoros, Sao Tome and Principe, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Libya, Liberia, Benin, Ghana, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Tanzania
James Hemings, who spent most of his life as a slave, brought foods such as ice cream, french fries, and mac and cheese to the United States. He made a deal with his master that if he taught his fellow slaves the art of French cuisine he could secure his freedom, who was his master?
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the first Black American to publish a book in the United States, a collection of poetry titled “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral,” in 1773?
Phillis Wheatley
Who was the first Black person to win an Oscar?
Hattie McDaniel