HISTORY
The creator of the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
What series trilogy recently got a sequel on Netflix
The Cosby Show, A different World (1987), A different World(2026).
The king of Pop
Micheal Jackson
The fastest man in the world
Usian Bolt
Barack Obama
Cornrows
A show created in the 70's designed to highlight black music,fashion and culture on a national scale.
Soul Train
The first ever music group to have 4 singles be NO.1 on the billboard Top 100 charts.
The Jackson 5.
One of the first African American's to own a major film production studio
Tyler Perry
The first female vice president of the US.
Kamala Harris
The promise the government made to the free'd slaves as a part of reparations
40 acres and a mule
The wedding tradition amongst black weddings, originating in slave culture.
Jumping the broom.
The world's first billionaire rapper.
Jay-Z
The youngest filmmaker ever nominated for an Academy Award for 'Best Director'. The director of Boyz N the Hood
John Singleton
The first black women elected to congress
Shirley Chisholm. Representing New Yorl
What African nation was founded in the 19th century as a settlement for formerly enslaved and free-born Black Americans?
Liberia.
What does the acronym AAVE stand for?
African American Vernacular English
The first rapper to win a Pulitzer prize for music
Kendrick Lamar
The first African-American woman to travel into space
Mae Jemison
The first black woman elected as governor in the United States
Keisha Lance Bottoms
The first African American regiment to fight in the Civil War
54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
The period known for pouring out insane amounts of black music, art, literature and culture in the 1920's
The Harlem Renaissance.
What is the name of the the first album written by an African American woman to win a grammy for Album of the Year.
The miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
The first Black supreme court justice in the United States
Thurgood Marshall
The first black woman to serve as the United States Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice