Music
Who is Beyonce?
This is what the acronym NAACP stands for
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
This actor was nominated for Best Actor for his role in Sinners (2025)
Who is Michael B. Jordan?
The most decorated gymnast in history, holding 11 Olympic medals
Who is Simone Biles?
This agricultural scientist invented over 300 uses for the peanut
Who is George Washington Carver?
This genre of music was created by African Americans in New Orleans
What is jazz?
What is the March on Washington?
The 2016 film about three Black female scientists at NASA who sent an astronaut to space
What is Hidden Figures?
The first Black baseball player to play in the MLB
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The number of Black professors in the VT School of Architecture
What is 0?
The singer known as the "Queen of Soul"
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The current US Supreme Court justice who is the first black woman to hold the position
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
The actress who starred in “Black Panther” as Shuri (T'Challa's sister)
Who is Letitia Wright?
The pair of tennis player sisters who have won a combined 30 Grand Slam singles titles
Who are Serena and Venus Williams?
The first Black female to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
Who is Toni Morrison?
The soul singer whose 1971 album was titled "What's Going On"
Who is Marvin Gaye?
The first black student admitted to Virginia Tech
Who is Irving L. Peddrew III?
The first African American to win an Oscar for her role in "Gone with the Wind"
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
The winner of the 1936 Berlin Olympics 100m gold medal
Who is Jesse Owens?
The mathematician who was one of the surveyors involved in the planning of the capital, Washington D.C.
Who is Benjamin Banneker?
The Black female jazz singer nicknamed "Lady Day"
Who is Billie Holiday?
The first Black woman to travel into space
Who is Mae Jemison?
The award-winning actress who starred in the 2019 horror film "Ma"
Who is Octavia Spencer?
This athlete holds the American men's 200m race record, set in 2022, and is known for being one of the fastest athletes alive
Who is Noah Lyles?
The title of Langston Hughes' influential poem that references a New York City neighborhood
What is Harlem?