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This 2018 film featured the fictional African nation of Wakanda.
What is Black Panther?
This popular side dish, made from pasta and melted cheese, is a staple at many Black family cookouts and holidays.
What is macaroni and cheese?
He became the first Black president of the United States in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
This Compton rapper won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This NBA legend won six championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This actor starred in Sinners and Black Panther.
Who is Michael B. Jordan?
This soul food dish is made from slow-cooked greens often seasoned with smoked meat.
What are collard greens?
In 2018, she became the youngest Afro-Latina elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?
This Bronx-born rapper won a Grammy for her debut album Invasion of Privacy.
Who is Cardi B?
This tennis star has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
This actress starred in Guardians of the Galaxy and is of Dominican and Puerto Rican descent.
Who is Zoe Saldana?
This Louisiana stew is made with a dark roux and may include seafood, sausage, or chicken.
What is gumbo?
He was the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This reggaeton artist had a global hit with “Gasolina.”
Who is Daddy Yankee?
This Brooklyn-born basketball star is an Olympic gold medalist and played for the Denver Nuggets, New York Knicks, Lakers, Rockets, OKC, and Portland Trail Blazers.
Who is Carmelo Anthony?
This Oscar-winning actor starred in Remember the Titans.
Who is Denzel Washington?
This sweet red drink is commonly served at cookouts and holidays and is often jokingly called a “cookout essential.”
What is Kool-Aid?
She was the first Black child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This Puerto Rican and Haitian American singer helped pioneer the neo-soul movement in the late 1990s.
Who is Maxwell?
This gymnast is the most decorated gymnast in World Championship history.
Who is Simone Biles?
This 1985 movie had 11 Oscar nominations but won zero.
What is The Color Purple?
These twice-fried plantains are a popular side dish and snack in the Dominican Republic and across the Caribbean.
What are tostones?
She became the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This Cuban singer was known as the “Queen of Salsa.”
Who is Celia Cruz?
This baseball legend broke MLB’s color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?