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This person is known as "the mother of the freedom movement."
Who was Rosa Parks?
This inventor created sixty products from the pecan.
Who was Bro. George Washington Carver?
This event occurred on August 28, 1963, when hundreds of thousands of people marched for Jobs and Freedom. (Name title of event and location.)
What was the March on Washington? Where is Washington, D.C.?
The writer of the National Black Anthem, Lift Every Voice & Sing.
Who was Bro. James Weldon Johnson?
This event celebrates the emancipation of enslaved peoples in the United States.
What is Juneteenth?
This person was a revolutionary co-founder of the Black Panther Party.
Who was Bro. Huey P. Newton?
Nathenial Alexander invented this piece of furniture people often use for cookouts.
What is the folding chair?
In June 1905, a group led by the W.E.B. Du Bois met at Niagara Falls, Canada, sparking the creation of this organization, which demanded civil rights for Black folks.
What is the NAACP?
Created the best selling album of all time. (Name the artist and album).
Who was Michael Jackson? What is Thriller?
Known as the largest Black cultural and music event in the US, this annual, weekend-long event in New Orleans features major R&B, hip-hop, and gospel performances.
What is the ESSENCE festival?
She was the first female attorney general of California, and the first Black woman to represent California in the Senate.
Who was Kamala Harris?
Marie Van Brittan Brown invented this for the modern home, which many people use for protection today.
What was the first home security system?
The great migration of Black folks from the rural South to the urban North sparked this Black cultural event in the 1920s.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Known as the 'Queen of Soul,' she was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Who was Aretha Franklin?
Released in 2015 by an Atlanta rapper, this song became a massive viral hit, paving the way for other viral dance mixes. (Name the artist and song.)
What is "Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae)" by Silento?
Famous for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, she was the first Black graduate of Barnard College and a tireless writer of Black life and language.
Who was Zora Neale Hurston?
NASA engineer Dr. Lonnie Johnson invented this iconic brand of pressurized water guns.
What is the super soaker?
On March 7, 1965, hundreds of marchers aimed to march from Selma to Montgomery to demand voting rights. They were met by horrific violence by law enforcement at Edmund Pettus Bridge in what became known as this event.
What was Bloody Sunday?
The first black artist to win a Grammy.
Who was Ella Fitzgerald?
In 2023, an altercation made national news when white boaters refused to move their private boat and assaulted a Black co-captain. The fight drew in spectators and passengers, leading to multiple arrests.
What was the Alabama Riverboat Brawl?
This towering American civil rights leader was a longtime Georgia Congressman known as the "conscience of the Congress." He survived 1965 'Bloody Sunday' tragedy.
Who was Bro. John Lewis?
Madam C.J. Walker pioneered a wealth of Black hair products, including one of most well-known products named in her likeness.
What was Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower?
In 1991, officers from the California Highway Patrol pulled over a Black motorist and severely beat him, sparking what became known as this event.
What were the L.A. riots?
The most awarded female artist in history.
Who was Whitney Houston?
This popular film set in 1930s turns a night of fun into terror. There's one rule in the film characters learn they must abide by in order to stay safe. (Name the film and rule.)
What is Sinners and why can't you invite anyone inside?