Jazz Icons
The origin city of the genre jazz.
What is "New Orleans"?
A musician who thinks you should have put a ring on it.
Who is "Beyoncé"?
The face of boycotting, specifically buses.
Who is "Rosa Parks"?
The celebrity who is known for her talk show which has been on the air for over 25 years.
Who is "Oprah Winfrey"?
A college by the American Baptist Home mission Society, which was originally built with the intention of "Educating the African American community in Mississippi and neighboring states."
What is "Jackson State University"?
A famous musician nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", who was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor.
Who is "Louis Armstrong"?
A musician who was nicknamed the queen of soul and had hits with “I say a little prayer” and “Respect”. She was also a civil rights activist.
Who is "Aretha Franklin"?
The man who gave a famous speech during the March of Washington.
Who is "Martin Luther King Jr."?
The celebrity who hosts the famous game show, Family Feud.
Who is "Steve Harvey"?
A public historically black land-grant university in Frankfort that was founded in 1886 as the "State Normal School for Colored Persons."
What is "Kentucky State"?
A conductor that leads an orchestra that holds his namesake plays “Take the ‘A’ Train” as a theme song.
Who is "Duke Ellington"?
A pop band that was founded in Gary, Indiana and consisted of 5 members of a family.
Who is "The Jackson 5"?
An American minister turned activists with the opinion of protecting his community “by any means necessary”.
What is "Malcolm X"?
The twins who starred in "Twitches" and "Sister, Sister".
Who are "Tia and Tamera"?
A private university in Washington D.C. with the motto "Veritas et Utilitas," or "Truth and Service."
What is "Howard"?
A woman who collaborated with Teddy Wilson and yielded the hit "What a Little Moonlight Can Do", which became a jazz standard.
Who is “Billie Holiday” or “Eleanora Fagan”?
A musician who was nicknamed the father of soul music, and pioneered the genre in the 1950’s with songs such as “Hit the road Jack” and “Georgia on my Mind”
Who is "Ray Charles"?
The founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Who is "W.E.B. DuBois"?
The celebrity who passed away recently, was a big supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement, and starred as the main character of a Marvel movie
Who is "Chadwick Boseman"?
Public land grant university in Mississippi with the motto "Where Knowledge and Character Matter."
What is "Alcorn"?
A cornetist who was regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of ragtime music, or "jass," which later came to be known as jazz
Who is Buddy "Bolden"?
A musician who is a country artist and is well known for his role as Hootie in the band “Hootie and the Blowfish”
Who is "Darius Rucker"?
The teenager who refused to give her seat up 9 months prior to Rosa Parks.
Who is "Claudette Colvin"?
The man who starred in "Hotel Rwanda" and "Avengers: Endgame" and replaced Terrence Howard for his role.
Who is "Don Cheadle"?
A university in Louisiana with the motto "Where Everybody is Somebody."
What is "Grambling State"?