FILM
This 2018 Marvel film became a cultural phenomenon and celebrated Afrofuturism.
What is Black Panther?
This Houston-born superstar is known as “Queen Bey.”
Who is Beyoncé?
This boxer was known as “The Greatest” and famously said, “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This Supreme Court case ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This West African–influenced dish of rice, vegetables, and meat became a staple in Louisiana Creole cuisine.
What is Jambalaya?
This 2016 film tells the true story of three Black women mathematicians at NASA.
What is 'Hidden Figures'?
This rapper from Compton won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This tennis champion has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
This 1920s cultural movement centered in Harlem celebrated Black art, music, and literature.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
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This 1991 film by John Singleton was the first debut film by a Black director to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars.
What is Boyz n the Hood?
This legendary singer performed “Respect” and is known as the Queen of Soul.
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This HBCU football coach and former NFL star is nicknamed “Prime Time.”
Who is Deion Sanders?
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This dish made from cow intestines has roots in survival cooking during enslavement.
What are Chitlins (Chitterlings)?
This 1985 film, later remade in 2023, is based on Alice Walker’s novel about Black women in the early 1900s South.
What is 'The Color Purple'?
This Detroit label launched artists like Stevie Wonder and The Supremes.
What is Motown?
This NBA player was the first Black head coach in league history in 1966.
Who is Bill Russell?
This abolitionist published the newspaper The North Star.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This cooking technique, central to Southern cuisine, involves seasoning and slow-cooking leafy greens with smoked meat for flavor.
What is Braising?
This actor portrayed Malcolm X in a 1992 Spike Lee film.
Who is Denzel Washington?
This hip-hop group released the politically charged album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back in 1988.
Who is Public Enemy?
This Olympic sprinter won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This 1921 massacre destroyed a prosperous Black community known as “Black Wall Street.”
What is the Tulsa Race Massacre?
This West African rice dish, often compared to jambalaya, heavily influenced the development of Southern Creole cooking in Louisiana.
What is Jollof Rice?