BLACK HISTORY
This holiday, celebrated on June 19, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans in the United States.
What is Juneteenth?
This singer is known as the “Queen of Soul.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This sitcom followed the Banks family and starred Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself.
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
This phrase is commonly used to describe someone who is extremely impressive, talented, or successful.
What is “Black excellence”?
This leafy green vegetable is a staple of many Southern and soul food traditions.
What are collard greens?
This woman became the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This music genre originated in the Bronx in the 1970s and became a global cultural movement.
What is hip-hop?
This actor played T'Challa in Black Panther.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
This annual celebration at historically Black colleges and universities is famous for football games, tailgates, concerts, and alumni events.
What is Homecoming?
This summertime gathering is known for grilled food, music, games, family, friends, and someone inevitably asking, “Who made the potato salad?”
What is the cookout?
This civil rights leader delivered the famous “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This artist released the albums Lemonade and Renaissance.
Who is Beyoncé?
This 2017 film directed by Jordan Peele follows Chris, a Black man who discovers a disturbing secret while visiting his white girlfriend's family.
What is Get Out?
This social media platform became particularly famous for a Black cultural phenomenon.
What is Twitter/X?
This Southern side dish is traditionally made from cornmeal and often served fried.
What are hush puppies?
This attorney successfully argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This artist is widely credited with helping popularize the “Purple Rain” sound and is known for playing multiple instruments.
Who is Prince?
This actress became the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
This term describes a fictional or artistic future centered around Black people, technology, and African/African diasporic culture.
What is Afrofuturism?
This dish combines rice, beans, and meat and is strongly associated with Creole and African-American food traditions in Louisiana.
What is jambalaya?
This 1921 Tulsa neighborhood, known as “Black Wall Street,” was destroyed during one of the worst episodes of racial violence in U.S. history.
What is Greenwood?
This 1970 album by Marvin Gaye addressed social issues including war, environmental destruction, and poverty.
What is What's Going On?
This 1984 film starring Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd helped establish Eddie Murphy as one of Hollywood's biggest stars.
What is Beverly Hills Cop?
This fashion designer founded the luxury streetwear brand Off-White and later became Louis Vuitton's first Black artistic director of menswear.
Who is Virgil Abloh?
This red drink, traditionally made from hibiscus flowers in many African and Caribbean cultures, is also known by this name in parts of the African diaspora.
What is sorrel?