Music
What music genre, characterized by its use of turntables and sampling, was founded in Black American communities in the Bronx, New York, in the 1970s?
What is Hip-hop?
This movement was created after a series of events in 2012, one of them being the murder of Trayvon Martin.
What is Black Lives Matter (BLM)?
First professional Black baseball player to play Major League Baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
First Black president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
The first African American woman (former talk show host) to become a billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Female artist who has won the most Grammys and is a former member of Destiny’s Child.
Who is Beyoncé?
This federal holiday celebrates the emancipation of all enslaved people in the US, when troops arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1865 (two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation).
What is Juneteenth?
This gymnast became the most decorated American gymnast in history, with 32 Olympic and World Championship medals.
Who is Simone Biles?
This historical figure gave the “I Have a Dream Speech” in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
A week-long African American and Pan-African holiday that starts on December 26 and ends on January 1.
What is Kwanzaa?
Who is known as the “Queen of Jazz”?
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This court case ended legal segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This former NBA basketball player has the most championship rings.
Who is Bill Russell?
This is the celebrated conductor of the Underground Railroad, a network of safe houses and secret routes that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
What was the name of the movement during the 1920s and 1930s that celebrated Black art, music and literature, centered in New York City?
What is The Harlem Renaissance?
This award-winning hip-hop artist was the first to headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show as a solo act.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
Founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, this group was a revolutionary organization advocating for Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense against police brutality.
What is the Black Panther Party?
Chuck Cooper, the first Black man to be drafted into the NBA, was drafted by this Eastern Conference team.
What are the Boston Celtics?
The youngest poet to perform at a U.S. presidential inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
This actress was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
This person became the first Black female billionaire from their cosmetic (makeup) line?
Who is Rihanna?
Known as the "Father of Black History" for pioneering the academic study of African American history, popularizing it in schools, and establishing Black History Month (originally Black History Week) in 1926 to celebrate the contributions of Black people.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This athlete was the first Black athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympic Games (1936 Berlin Olympics).
Who is Jesse Owens?
The first African American woman Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Who was the first Black celebrity to receive an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony)?
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?