Movies
This Marvel movie takes place in Wakanda.
What is Black Panther?
This singer is famous for the song “I Will Always Love You.”
Who is Whitney Houston?
Renowned abolitionist and conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The month dedicated to celebrating Black history in the U.S.
What is February?
This narrative published in 1845 by Frederick Douglass, has become one of the most read memoirs of the 19th century
What is Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass?
This movie starred Eddie Murphy as multiple characters.
What is The Nutty Professor or Norbit?
This Motown group sang hits like “My Girl" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone".
Who are The Temptations?
A prominent African American leader and civil rights activist known for his advocacy for black empowerment and human rights. He became a key figure in the Nation of Islam, promoting a message of self-determination and racial pride, until his assassination in 1965.
Malcolm X
Occurs every third Monday in January, honors the life and legacy of a famous civil rights leader.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day?
A 1982 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alice Walker, that tells the story of Celie, an African American woman in rural Georgia, through her letters to God and her sister Nettie.
What is The Color Purple?
This animated movie features Miles Morales as Spider-Man.
What is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?
This female R&B group sang “No Scrubs.”
Who are TLC?
A renowned civil rights leader and longtime U.S. Representative born right outside of Troy, AL. He was one of the 13 original Freedom Riders. As a "Big Six" leader, he helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, chaired the SNCC, and was brutally beaten during the 1965 "Bloody Sunday" voting rights march. Known as the "conscience of Congress," he advocated for "good trouble".
Who is John Lewis?
The holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S.
What is Juneteenth?
Maya Angelou’s landmark autobiography detailing her childhood trauma, racism in the American South, and ultimate triumph of spirit
What is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
This 2009 animated film featured Disney's first black main character.
What is The Princess and the Frog?
This double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003) is generally recognized as the best-selling rap album of all time in the United States, certified 13x platinum.What group is it by?
Who are Outkast?
An American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the NAACP. Dedicated her life to combating the violence and racism toward African Americans during the post-Reconstruction era, a time when such activism from a woman of color was uncommon and extremely dangerous.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
A seven-day, non-religious, pan-African holiday celebrated from December 26th to January 1st that honors African heritage, culture, and community.
What is Kwanzaa?
Which novel did Zora Neale Hurston write that told the tale of a character named Janie who falls in love with a man nicknamed "Tea Cake"?
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God?
This 1995 movie starred Ice Cube and Chris Tucker.
What is Friday?
While there is debate, this song from 1979 by The Sugarhill Gang is widely considered the first commercially successful rap song to hit mainstream charts, launching hip-hop as a genre.
What is Rapper's Delight?
A prominent American lawyer, social justice activist, and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, based in Montgomery, Alabama. He is renowned for representing death row prisoners, juveniles, and the poor, while fighting against racial injustice and for criminal justice reform. Author of the memoir Just Mercy.
Who is Bryan Stevenson?
Occurs on June 12, commemorates the 1967 Supreme Court decision Loving v. Virginia which legalized interracial marriage.
What is Loving Day?
Ralph Waldo Ellison was a writer and publisher during World War II. He became well known for his writings on the topics of communism and black nationalism. What was Ralph Waldo Ellison's novel that was the story of an unnamed African man who could not be seen because people chose not to see him?
What is Invisible Man?