Black Trailblazers
This "Dream" speech orator has a federal commemorative holiday that took more than 15 years of advocacy to establish
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Junior?
This popular piece of punctuation has been transformed into an expression of emphasis.
What is Period/Periodt
Released by Cupid in 2007, this smooth, four-step side-to-side dance is a staple at weddings and cookouts.
What is the Cupid Shuffle?
This creamy Thanksgiving side, brought to the U.S by James Hemings -- the slave of Thomas Jefferson, has become a staple of every family gathering.
What is Mac and Cheese?
"We all scream" for this patented frozen treat utensil created in 1866 by Black inventor Alfred L. Cralle
What is the Ice Cream Scoop?
Who is Kai Cenat?
This AAVE term, which means to point out or to notice, has taken influencers by a storm, and of course, it comes with its own finger gestures.
What is "Clock it"?
This King of Pop's signature move made it look as though he defied all of Newton's laws — one moon at a time.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This drink -- known less for the flavor and more for the hue it dyes your tongue after a long day of sipping on it has become the official drink of Juneteenth.
Red Drink/Pop
Sarah Boone patented an improved, curved version of this device in 1892, making it easier to smooth out kinks in fabrics
What is the Ironing board?
Not like the franchise about a young Charlie Brown and his lovable dog Snoopy -- George Washington Carver, a well-regarded scientist, is famous for his work with this legume, including creating over 300 uses for it.
What are peanuts?
Colonizers forced enslaved women and free women of color to wear this head covering during the 19th century. Now, people of all ethnic backgrounds wear it to protect their precious locks.
What is a bonnet?
This genre, born in the South Bronx in the 1970s from DJs like Kool Herc looping percussion breaks, became the foundation of a global music culture.
What is Hip-Hop?
This term describes the shared cooking traditions of enslaved and free Black Americans in the South, blending African, European, and Native influences.
What is Soul Food?
Leading a team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Kizzmekia Corbett partnered with Moderna to create a vaccine to combat a fatal pandemic.
What is the Covid - 19 vaccine?
Nine months prior to Rosa Parks' stand was heard around the world, this intrepid 15-year-old protestor refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This temperature-charged term has been added to casual American dialogue for a century now, but it originated in 20th-century jazz culture to describe a calm, unshakeable emotional state.
What is cool?
This dance move involves quickly moving your arms in a wave-like motion, popularized by Silento's 2015 hit song
What is the Whip and Nae Nae?
This dessert is eaten on Juneteenth, as its crimson color represents the blood shed by the ancestors of Black Americans at the hands of slavery.
What is Red Velvet Cake?
CRASH! That's the sound your car would make had Garrett Morgan not invented this sign-turned children's game.
Ella Fitzgerald was the first Black artist to win a Grammy in any category; This fresh rapper, alongside DJ Jazzy Jeff, made history in 1989 as the first act to win a Grammy in the newly created rap category.
Who is The Fresh Prince (Will Smith)?
Soul-food fans know this pig intestine-based dish as "chitlins" -- but that is the phonetic spelling of its formal name.
What are Chitterlings?
2 Milly invented this dance on a subway platform; Fortnite later paid the price for stealing it.
What is The Milly Rock?
This leafy green is slow-simmered and seasoned with smoked meats, typically eaten during holidays such as Christmas, New Year's Eve, and Thanksgiving. The name of a popular Kendrick Lamar song.
What are Collard Greens?
Before the high-tech ring doorbell camera was invented, Marie Van Brittan Brown invented "who's at the door" tech in 1966 — camera, peephole, mic, and panic button included.
What is the home security system?