History
This woman refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The neighborhood in New York City famous for its 1920s Renaissance of Black culture.
What is Harlem?
In AAVE, the word finna means this.
What isWhat is “about to” (do something)?
This February celebration honors Black history every year in the U.S.
What is Black History Month?
This Black female tennis player has won 23 Grand Slam titles.
Who is Serena Williams?
200: He was the first African American president of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
The Great Migration saw millions of African Americans move from the rural South to the North. Name one Northern city they moved to.
What is Chicago or New York or Detroit or Philadelphia
This slang term, popularized in hip hop and social media, describes someone who enjoys a luxurious or high-class lifestyle. (Also in the title of a Migos song)
What is Boujee?
This social gathering, often held in backyards or parks, features food like ribs, fried chicken, and potato salad, as well as music and community celebration. (cool people of other races may be invited to...)
What is the cookout?
This game, often played at family gatherings, can start friendly but usually ends with people slamming cards on the table and shouting “Draw Four!”
What is Uno?
This network of secret routes and safe houses helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the North.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This city in Louisiana is known as the birthplace of jazz and has a rich African American cultural heritage.
What is New Orleans?
In AAVE, the word cap means this.
What is to say someone is lying.
This rapper, originally from Chicago, produced the album Graduation and is known recently for strange controversial twitter posts.
Who is Kanye West?
When your mom says, “Go take the chicken out the freezer,” and you forget, you might be in for this.
What is a whooping or a beating or a severe talking to.
This military unit of Black pilots gained fame during World War II.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This U.S. state’s capital city, Sacramento, was a stopping point on the Underground Railroad to the West.
What is California?
What does the more modern term yn refer to?
A young, gang affiliated African American male.
This dance style, popularized in Harlem, became a global trend in the 2010s.
What is the Harlem Shake?
If you’re watching a scary movie, this is usually the first person to “not make it.”?
Who is the Black person?
In 1955, the brutal murder of this 14-year-old African American boy in Mississippi helped spark the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
This state was the last to abolish slavery, even after the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Texas?
Black Philadelphia slang word used in all facets of language.
This traditional African American hairstyle, popularized during the Black Pride movement, is characterized by its naturally curly, rounded shape and became a symbol of cultural identity in the 1960s and 1970s.
What is the Afro?
Who is the greatest African American basketball player of all time?
Who is Larry Bird?