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The iconic civil rights leader known for his “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Junior?
Considered an artistic flowering of the “New Negro” movement, this neighborhood of New York City was hope to the titular renaissance.
What is Harlem?
This famous novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe depicted the harsh realities of slavery and became one of the most influential anti-slavery works in the 19th century.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
The first black Disney Princess.
Who is Tiana?
This amendment ended slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
The woman who refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama--sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
Located in Cuyahoga County, this city is the city in Ohio with the highest black population.
What is Cleveland?
Set in the period after the American Civil War, the novel by Toni Morrison tells the story of a dysfunctional family of formerly enslaved people whose Cincinnati home is haunted by a malevolent spirit.
What is Beloved?
Will Smith plays this character in the Men in Black Franchise.
This was a Southern African empire consolidated under the leader "Shaka" in what is now South Africa. The small kingdom gained world fame for initially defeating the British at the Battle of Isandlwana in 1879.
What is the Zulu Empire?
This man was the first black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This state was the final state to hear the news of the Emancipation Proclamation--occurring on June 19, 1865.
What is Texas?
This play, written by Lorraine Hansberry, tells of a black family's experiences in south Chicago, as they attempt to improve their financial circumstances with an insurance payout following the death of the father, and deals with matters of housing discrimination, racism, and assimilation.
What is A Raisin in the Sun?
This actor embarks on a brutal journey to rescue his wife from a cruel plantation owner in the movie Django Unchained.
Who is Jamie Foxx?
This popular television show, which originally aired from 1990 to 1996, starred Will Smith as a street-smart teenager from Philadelphia living with his wealthy relatives in Los Angeles.
What is the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
The Black American baseball player broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This was the last state to abolish slavery.
What is Mississippi?
The memoir by former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, published on November 13, 2018. It was the highest selling book that year.
Samuel L Jackson plays this character in the Star Wars Universe.
Who is Mace Windu?
This woman is the first black woman to win an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress. She is a current host on the popular television show "the View" and occasionally guests on Sesame Street.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
The first Black American woman to serve as the United States Secretary of State in 2001.
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
This city is home to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center--the largest museum dedicated to the topic.
What is Cincinnati?
A 1937 novel by American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The novel explores protagonist Janie Crawford's "ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny".
What is Their Eyes Were Watching Good?
Michael Clarke Duncan plays this man who is executed in The Green Mile.
Who is John Coffey?
This is the most listened to song on Spotify, ever.
What is Blinding Lights by the Weeknd?