History
Colman Domingo was recently nominated for an Academy Award for playing the title role as this lesser-known leader of the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Bayard Rustin?
This young tennis sensation became the first American teenager since Serena Williams in 1999 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2023 US Open, the first major title of her career.
Who is Coco Gauff?
The Black Arts Movement, started in 1965 in this New York City neighborhood and included famous Black artists including Audre Lorde, Amiri Baraka, and James Baldwin.
What is Harlem?
This artist, with her debut album, Jaguar II, recently won Best New Artist at the 2024 Grammys.
Who is Victoria Monét?
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in this year.
What is 2021?
Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice are the two African American government officials to have served in this high-ranking Cabinet position?
What is Secretary of State?
In 2023, which Black NBA player broke the record for the most three-pointers made in a single season?
Who is Steph Curry?
(Steph broke the record for the most three-pointers made in a single season in 2023.)
House Music, a cultural movement created by innovative Black DJ’s in this midwestern city in the1980’s, is a form of electronic music whose influence quickly spread across the world.
What is Chicago?
Known as the queen of rock and roll, in 2021 she was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame and was the first woman and first Black artist to be featured on the cover of Rolling Stone.
Who is Tina Turner?
This filmmaker, screenwriter, and film and television producer has won numerous awards including a Primetime Emmy and two NAACP Image Awards. She directed the Oscar - nominated best picture, Selma, and most recently wrote, produced and directed the movie Origin.
Who is Ava DuVernay?
Regarded as a divine prophet in Rastafari (or Rastafarianism), Haile Selassie was the last emperor of this African nation.
What is Ethiopia?
After several years contending for the honor, this player was named the NFL Defensive Player of Year for 2024.
Who is Myles Garrett?
This accomplished choreographer, actress, dancer and producer was most famous for her acting and choreography work on the television show, “Fame” for which she won 5 Emmy Awards.
Who is Debbie Allen?
This Atlanta-based rap group’s album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, which was released on Sept. 23, 2003, recently became the best-selling rap album of all time with 13 million units sold.
Who is Outcast?
Bonus 10 pts: which artist and album did it overtake?
This song written and performed by this Pulitzer Prize winning rap artist has come to be known as a modern day civil rights anthem associated with the Black Lives Matter Movement. (song and artist)
This amendment to the Constitution guaranteed citizenship for newly-emancipated Black Americans following the Civil War.
This WNBA player was awarded FInals MVP as she led her team, the Las Vegas Aces, to the championship in 2023.
Who is A'ja Wilson?
Considered a ground-breaking artist in the neo-expressionism art movement, he quickly rose to prominence in the 1980’s. His paintings dealt with themes of racism, classism, and colonialism. His life and work was recently the subject of an art exhibit entitled King Pleasure in downtown Los Angeles.
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat?
SZA’s stage name is inspired by this Staten Island Hip Hop Collective who has been bringing the ruckus since 1992.
Who is the Wu Tang Clan?
He made his lead acting debut in Dope (2015), and is best known for voicing Miles Morales / Spider-Man in the Oscar-winning film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Who is Shameik Moore?
Born with the last name Little - and later adopting the Muslim name Malik el-Shabazz - this is the most common name of the civil rights activist who preached black empowerment.
Who is Malcolm X?
This woman (and neighbor) was named the NCAA Division 1’s Player of the Decade in Women’s Volleyball for the 1980’s.
Who is Kimberly Oden? (Stanford)
This spoken word artist and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner (2012), often referred to as the progenitor of rap music, professed to all of his listeners in 1970, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised!” on his debut album, Small Talk on 125th St and Lennox.
Who is Gil Scott-Heron?
This music icon, activist and Oscar winner successfully spearheaded a movement to create a national holiday recognizing the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a celebration he sang about in the track "Happy Birthday" from his album, Hotter Than July.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
If elected, this person will become the first Black Woman to be elected US Senator from California.
Who is Barbara Lee?