"I did it first!"
America's first self-made female millionaire
Who is Madam C.J. Walker
Before "Flavor of Love," he was shouting "Fight the Power!" alongside Chuck D in this dynamic hip hop group.
Who are Public Enemy
Who is Wyclef Jean
Author of "Notes of a Native Son," which became an essential voice in the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is James Baldwin
Barrack Obama is the _____ President of the United States.
What is the 44th
Long before Maxine Waters and Kamala Harris, this woman become the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm.
Organization created to challenge police brutality primarily in the Black community
What is the Black Panther Party
The idea that people of African descent have common interests and should be unified.
What is Pan-Africanism.
Mahalia Jackson stood alongside Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at this historical event.
What is the March on Washington
First professional athlete to coach at an HBCU.
Who is Deion Sanders
A Raisin in the Sun is a play written by Lorraine Hansberry. However, the line was first used in this famous poem by _____________.
"Harlem" (or "A Dream Deferred") by Langston Hughes
Muhammad Ali was jailed for five years and banned from boxing because he refused to be inducted into the Armed Forces during which war?
What is the Vietnam War
While leaders such as MLK and Malcolm X fought for Civil Rights in America, Nelson Mandela fought against the __________ in South Africa.
What is apartheid
Cabaret dancer by day, French WWII spy by night
Who is Josephine Baker
The brutal deaths of Eric Gardner, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice lead to the conception of this movement.
What is the Black Lives Matter Movement.
This country is the world's first black-led republic and the first independent Caribbean state
What is Haiti
Nicknamed "the Prophet," this man led a 4-day rebellion of enslaved and free Black people.
Who is Nat Turner
This city is known to have had one of the largest libraries of manuscripts in Africa since Egypt’s Library of Alexandria.
What is Timbuktu
This song was a powerful and controversial story about the lynchings of Blacks in the South.
What is "Strange Fruit"
Simone Biles is the first woman to ever _____________.
What is land the Yurchenko Double Pike
He was the first to receive this prestigious award for "for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949."
Who is Dr. Ralph Bunche
What is the Nobel Peace Prize
This person legally represented themselves and was acquitted of all charges of murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy in 1972.
Who is Angela Davis
Aimed to achieve Black nationalism through the celebration of African history and culture
What is the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Created to tackle sexual abuse in young people, queer, trans, the disabled, Black women and girls, and all communities of color.
What is the #MeToo Movement
This man's large purchase of land in Atlanta singlehandedly boosted the economy, creating over 8,000 new jobs.
Who is Tyler Perry