MUSIC
THIS STYLE OF MUSIC ORIGINATED IN BLACK AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES - COMBINING ELEMENTS OF SPIRITUALS, WORK SONGS, AND THE BLUES
WHAT IS GOSPEL MUSIC?
THIS 2017 FILM DIRECTED BY JORDAN PEELE ADDRESSES THE ISSUES OF RACE IN AMERICA THROUGH A HORROR-THRILLER NARRATIVE.
WHAT IS GET OUT?
HE WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IN 2009 FOR HIS EFFORTS IN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY AND COOPERATION - JUST AFTER HE TOOK POSSESSION OF THE LARGEST HOUSE IN WASHINGTON.
WHO IS BARACK OBAMA?
THIS GRAMMY AWARD WINNING BOY BAND FROM PHILADELPHIA SOLD OVER 4 MILLION COPIES OF THEIR ALBUM "COOLEY HIGH HARMONY".
WHO ARE BOYZ II MEN?
THIS CELEBRATED HERO AND CONDUCTOR OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD HELPED SLAVES ESCAPE TO FREEDOM IN THE EARLY 1800S
WHO IS HARRIET TUBMAN?
THIS BLACK AMERICAN ARTIST RELEASED THE GROUNDBREAKING ALBUM "WHAT'S GOING ON" IN 1971.
WHO IS MARVIN GAYE?
SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARE FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, EARNING THE HONOR FOR HER ROLE IN "GHOST" IN 1990.
WHO IS WHOOPI GOLDBERG?
THIS BLACK AMERICAN MATHEMATICIAN AND NASA SCIENTIST WAS PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE "HIDDEN FIGURES" FOR HER PIVOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EARLY U.S. SPACE PROGRAM.
WHO IS KATHERINE JOHNSON?
THIS JAMAICAN-CANADIAN SPRINTER ONCE HELD THE RECORD FOR THE 100 METER DASH AND HE WAS THE OLYMPIC CHAMPION IN 1996.
WHO IS DONOVAN BAILEY?
THIS RELIGIOUS AND SOCIAL MOVEMENT OF THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY ADVOCATED THE IMMEDIATE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY AND CULTIVATED MANY BLACK AND WHITE SUPPORTERS.
WHAT IS ABOLITIONISM?
THIS RAPPER RELEASED THE ICONIC ALBUM "ILLMATIC" IN 1994. THE ALBUM IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE GREATEST HIP-HOP ALBUMS OF ALL TIME.
WHO IS NAS?
THIS POPULAR TV SHOW ORIGINALLY AIRED BETWEEN 1990-1996, FOCUSING ON A STREET SMART TEENAGER WHO LEFT PHILADELPHIA TO LIVE WITH RELATIVES IN LOS ANGELAS.
WHAT IS THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR?
THIS BLACK AMERICAN MICROBIOLOGIST IS CREDITED WITH DISCOVERING THE FIRST EFFECTIVE TREATMENT FOR LEPROSY BACK IN THE 1940'S. NO RELATION TO THE I LOVE LUCY ACTRESS OF A SIMILAR NAME
WHO IS ALICE BALL?
ICE CUBE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THIS HIP-HOP GROUP KNOWN MORE COMMONLY BY THE ACRONYM, RATHER THAN THE GROUP'S FULL NAME.
WHO IS "N.W.A."?
THIS BLACK AMERICAN EDUCATOR, AUTHOR, AND ORATOR FOUNDED TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE - A SCHOOL DEDICATED THE BLACK EDUCATION POST CIVIL WAR.
WHO IS BOOKER T WASHINGTON?
THIS ARTIST WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE ER&B VOCAL PERFORMANCE. SUCH A SOULFUL SINGER!
WHO IS ELLA FITZGERALD?
THIS ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR IS KNOWN FOR FILMS SUCH AS "MALCOLM X", "DO THE RIGHT THING", AND "BLACKKKLANSMAN"
WHO IS SPIKE LEE?
THIS ACCOMPLISHED BLACK AMERICAN ENGINEER WAS AWARDED OVER 50 PATENTS AND IS KNOWN FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUPER SOAKER WATER GUN.
WHO IS LONNIE G. JOHNSON?
THIS IS THE TITLE OF MICHELLE OBAMA'S DEBUT MEMOIR
WHAT IS "BECOMING"?
THIS WAS THE YEAR THAT SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED IN CANADA BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. IT CAME INTO EFFECT THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
WHAT IS 1833?
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE INFLUENTIAL RECORD LABEL FOUNDED BY BERRY GORDY, JR. IN DETROIT, WHICH PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOWN MUSIC?
WHAT IS MOTOWN RECORDS?
HE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN TO WIN AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR FOR HIS ROLE IN THE FILM "LILIES OF THE FIELD" IN 1963.
WHO IS SIDNEY POITIER?
SHE WAS THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE, FLYING ABOARD THE SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR IN 1992.
WHO IS MAE JEMISON?
WHICH OLYMPIC SPORT DID SHANI DAVIS COMPETE IN WHEN HE BECAME THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO WIN A GOLD MEDAL?
WHAT IS SPEED SKATING?
CANADIAN ROSEMARY BROWN BECAME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED TO THIS PART OF GOVERNMENT IN 1972.
WHAT IS THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE?