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He broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
Perry Wallace is also remembered for breaking racial barriers in this Vanderbilt sport.
What is basketball?
Known as the “Queen of Soul,” she sang “Respect.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This type of Civil Rights protest put Nashville on the map in the 1960s.
What are sit-ins?
This actor starred in Black Panther as King T’Challa.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
This tennis legend won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era.
Who is Serena Williams?
This SEC school had the first black athletic director.
What is Vanderbilt University?
This Motown founder helped launch the careers of Diana Ross, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye.
Who is Berry Gordy?
This track star went to Tennessee State University and brought three Olympic gold medals home.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
The movie that featured this famous line: "You ain't got to lie, Craig. You ain't got it lie."
What is Friday?
She became the first Black woman to win Olymic gold in gymnastics in 2012.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
The building on campus dedicated to black life and culture.
What is the Black Cultural Center?
This jazz musician revolutionized music with his trumpet and gravelly voice.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
Founded in 1875, this historically Black medical institution often collaborates with Vanderbilt.
What is Meharry Medical College?
This actor was appeared in approximately 52 movies throughout his career.
Who is Denzel Washington?
This boxer was known as "The Greatest" and famously said, "I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was."
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This sport had the first Black head coach at Vanderbilt.
What is Track and Field?
This rapper became the first hip-hop artist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
The nickname of Black Nashville in the 1900s.
What is the "Athens of the South"?
She was the first Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
This coach became the first Black head coach to win a Super Bowl in 2007.
Who is Tony Dungy?
First black graduate from Vanderbilt University.
Who is Bishop Joseph Johnson?
She was a blues singer whose influence shaped jazz, rock, and R&B; often called the “Empress of the Blues.”
Who is Bessie Smith?
The number of HBCU's in Nashville.
What is four?
This director is known for films like Do the Right Thing and Malcolm X.
Who is Spike Lee?