Important Dates
Emancipation Proclamation (year)
What is 1862 or 1863?
Name of the private HBCU in Washington, DC
What is Howard University?
Known as the King of Pop
Who is Michael Jackson?
TV network "BET" acronym
Black Entertainment Television
Neighborhood historically known as the city's "Black Metropolis"
What is Bronzeville?
Juneteenth (Month/Day)
What is June 19?
First Black Supreme Court Justice
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
List three members of N.W.A.
DJ Yella, Dr. Dre, Eazy E, Ice Cube, MC Ren
First Black woman to be crowned Miss America
Who is Vanessa Williams? (1984)
Served as the Chairman of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party at the young age of 20
Who is Fred Hampton?
#BlackLivesMatter Founded (year)
What is 2013?
Year Civil Rights Act was signed (signed by Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson)
What is 1964?
Complete the lyric: "My baby don't mess around because_____, and this I know for sure."
"She loves me so"
"Hey Ya!"-Outkast
Hollywood's youngest executive producer
Who is Marsai Martin?
The first Black Mayor of Chicago
Who is Harold Lee Washington? (1983)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday (Month/Day/Year)
What is January 15, 1929?
First Black congresswoman and the first Black woman to run for President as a major party candidate
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
Which of the following is NOT a Beyoncé song?
- "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"
- "Pretty Hurts"
- "We Found Love"
- "Run the World (Girls)"
- "We Found Love"
By Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris
Theather in Harlem, NY which was the first to allow Black artists to perform
What is The Apollo?
Year of the Chicago Riots during the Red Summer
What is 1919?
Year Sojourner Truth delivered her "Ain't I a Woman" Speech at the Women's Convention
What is 1851?
First Black man to run for President
Who is George Edwin Taylor? (1904)
Three DJs credited to starting Hip Hop
Who are DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and Afrika Bambaataa?
Founder of the production company, 40 Acres and a Mule, who has produced and directed TV shows and films such as "She's Gotta Have It", "Da 5 Bloods", & "BLACKkKLANSMAN"?
Spike Lee
First Black man to play for the Chicago Bears
Who is Eddie Macon? (1962)