Black Pop Culture
This 1990s sitcom starred Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself.
What is Fresh Prince of Belair?
The Black ERG at Microsoft.
What is Blacks at Microsoft
This artist wrote the 1968 anthem "Say It Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud".
Who is James Brown?
Influential astrophysicist and a prominent science communicator known for his work on the science television show "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey."
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
The first African American model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine
Who is Tyra Banks?
He is known for his role as T'challa in Black Panther.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
This person calculated flight paths for NASA’s first space missions.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
This influential rapper and entrepreneur founded Roc-A-Fella Records.
Who is Jay Z?
This agricultural scientist who was born into slavery developed over 300 products from peanuts alone, including dyes, plastics, and gasoline.
Who was George Washington Carver?
The historically Black college Vice President Kamala Harris attended.
What is Howard University?
The animated Disney film that features the first Black Disney princess.
What is "The Princess and the frog"?
The first African-American woman to earn a doctorate in nuclear physics at MIT.
Who is Dr. Shirley Jackson?
The first Black artist to headline Coachella (in 2018).
Who is Beyonce?
This person was a trailblazing ophthalmologist and the first African-American woman to receive a medical patent.
Who is Patricia Bath?
This tragic event in 1921 destroyed a thriving Black community known as “Black Wall Street”.
What is the Tulsa Race Massacre?
She became the first Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2015.
Who is Viola Davis?
This person holds three of IBM's original nine PC patents, including the color PC monitor.
Who is Mark Dean?
This person is known as the "Queen of Soul".
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This self-taught astronomer, mathematician, and surveyor accurately predicted a solar eclipse in 1789, challenging contemporary predictions.
Who was Benjamin Banneker?
The first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice.
Who is Ketanji Brown?
This actress is an EGOT recipient (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony).
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
Known as the "godfather of Silicon Valley," he developed the first software for Hewlett-Packard's computer division.
Who is Roy L. Clay Sr?
This person is known as the "Mother of the Blues".
Who is Ma Rainey?
This person's work with soybeans led to the development of synthetic hormones, revolutionizing the treatment of numerous medical conditions.
Who was Percy Lavon Julian?
The first Black woman to travel into space.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison