Celebrities
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This term refers generally to the artistic and socio-cultural awakening among black people in the 1920s and early 1930s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Marvel film released in 2018 with a predominantly black cast, generated over 1 billion in the box office
What is Black Panther?
This popular R & B boy band originated in the late 80s in Boston, Ma, and is known for songs such as Candy girl and Can you stand the rain.
Who is New Edition?
Name of the organization founded by W.E.B. Dubois.
Black woman artist with the most Grammy's.
Who is Beyonce?
The Supreme Court case that made public schools integrated.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
Fictional HBCU where "A Different World" takes place.
Hillman College
This term was first used by Billboard magazine in the late 1940's to describe a new genre of soulful Black music, typically about love.
What is rhythm and blues?
Men co-founders of the Black Panther Party.
Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton
Director of award winning films Moonlight (2016) and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Who is Barry Jenkins?
Name of the bridge that crosses the Alabama river and was the site of Bloody Sunday in 1965, which was an infamous attack on Civil Rights demonstrators.
What is the Edmund Pettis Bridge?
This popular 2017 film refers to the “Sunken Place”, a term now used as a metaphor to describe a disadvantaged person who is ignorant or unwilling to see that they have been conditioned into acquiescence.
What is "Get Out"?
The Queen of Hip Hop and artist behind the album "What's the 411?"
Mary J. Blidge
Woman co-founder of the Black Panther Party, author of Women, Race, and Class, and renowned scholar and activist.
Who is Angela Davis?
Actor and activist presented with the Humanitarian award at the 2016 BET Awards, stating the popular quote in reference to black people “Just because we’re magic doesn’t mean we aren’t real.”
Who is Jesse Williams?
African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the first immortalized cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
The first Black show on Disney Channel.
What is The Proud Family?
First rap song to win Grammys for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year
What is "This is America"?
Founder of the #meetoo movement.
Who is Tarana Burke?
First Black person to receive the Triple Crown of Acting: an Oscar, Emmy Award, a Tony Award.
Who is Viola Davis?
Date of the Million Man March.
October 16, 1995
This actor and writer recently won the Golden Globes award for best Actor and for producing the best comedy television series. They also received the critics award for the best actor in a comedy series.
The birthplace of Hip Hop
The Bronx, NY
This well known human rights activist said this statement, “"The most disrespected woman in America, is the black woman. The most un-protected person in America is the black woman. The most neglected person in America, is the black woman."
Who is Malcolm X?