Music
What genre of music arose during the Harlem Renaissance and includes a multitude of famous artists, including Louis Armstrong?
Jazz
This comfort dish of fried chicken and waffles is a popular soul food combination.
What are chicken and waffles?
This civil rights leader delivered the iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This 1863 document issued by Abraham Lincoln declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This Caribbean island nation gained independence from Britain in 1962 and is known for reggae music.
What is Jamaica?
Known as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul," this artist has hits like Family Affair and Real Love.
Who is Mary J. Blige?
This leafy green vegetable, often cooked with smoked turkey or ham hocks, is a Southern staple.
What are collared greens?
This tennis champion became the first Black woman to win Wimbledon in 1975.
Who is Althea Gibson?
This event in 1965 saw civil rights marchers brutally attacked on a bridge in Selma, Alabama.
What is Bloody Sunday?
This country's flag features horizontal colors of red, gold, and green with a black star in it's center.
What is ghana?
This music festival, founded by Beyoncé’s father in Houston, celebrates Black culture and HBCUs.
What is the Made in America Festival?
This dish originated in West Africa (senegal) but is commonly made in many countries including Nigeria?
What is jollof rice?
This filmmaker and actor created the Madea franchise and opened one of the largest Black-owned studios in the U.S.
Who is Tyler Perry?
This historically Black college, founded in 1867 in Washington, D.C., has educated leaders like Thurgood Marshall.
What is Howard University?
his Brazilian martial art combines dance, music, and acrobatics, rooted in African traditions.
What is capoeira?
This genre, born in the Bronx in the 1970s, combines DJing, MCing, breakdancing, and graffiti.
What is Hip Hop?
This dessert, made from sweetened yams or sweet potatoes, is a holiday favorite in many Black households.
What is sweet patatoe pie?
This trailblazing politician became the first Black woman elected Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This 1921 massacre destroyed a thriving Black community known as “Black Wall Street.”
What is the Tulsa Race Massacre?
This West African country was founded by freed African Americans in the 1800s.
What is Liberia?
This genre of music, originating in Nigeria in the 1970s, mixes jazz, funk, and African rhythms, and was popularized by Fela Kuti.
What is afrobeats?
This fermented cornmeal dish from the Caribbean and West Africa, known by names like cou-cou and kenkey, is typically served with fish or stew.
The author of "The Bluest Eye" tells the story of a young girl following the Great Depression.
Who is Tori Morrison?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This pan-African philosophy promoted unity and pride among people of African descent, led by figures like Marcus Garvey.
What is pan- africanism?