Actors
The queen of Blaxploitation films.
Who is Pam Grier?
Who is Jordan Peele
The most nominated singer in Grammy history
Who is Beyonce?
The first mainstream TV show that showcases ballroom cutlure from a trans-Black woman.
What is Pose?
Who is bell hooks?
First African-American Actress to win the Best Actress Award.
Who is Halle Berry?
A writer and anthropologist from the Harlem Renaissance who was one of the first Black female filmmakers.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
The original singer of the song of the century titled "Strange Fruit"
Who is Billie Holiday?
The cult classic documentary which portrays the lives of BIPOC LGBTQ+ individuals in the ballroom scene.
What is Paris is Burning?
The writer, activist, and former preacher who pioneered works on the black experience in America during the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is James Baldwin?
The sole African-American to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Who is Viola Davis?
One of the first films written, directed, and acted by a black queer woman that chronicles her dating experience and career.
What is the Watermelon Woman?
The artist who wrote the first hip-hop album to win album of the year
Who is Lauryn Hill?
The first voguing-based reality show that features real people from current NYC ballroom culture.
What is Legendary?
A black lesbian from Harlem who was awarded the Lambada Literary Award for Lesbian Poetry.
Who is Audre Lorde?
First black male to win the Best Actor Oscar for his role in 1963's Lilies of the Field.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
The first African-American filmmaker who produced over 44 films in their career?
Who is Oscar Micheaux?
The all afro-organized music festival that ran in opposition to Woodstock.
What is Summer of Soul?
The ballroom term that is used to highlight and exaggerate all of the flaws of a person.
What is reading?
The trans black activist and drag queen with a park named after them in Brooklyn.
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
A prominent British Black actor who was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for their achievements in acting.
Who is Idris Elba
The first movie credited with beginning the blaxploitation genre.
What is Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song?
The origin of Michael Jackson's popular chorus of "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
What is the Cameroonian musical movement makossa?
The main 3 vogue categories.
What is the old-way, new way, vogue femme
The speaker of the quote "I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept." when asked their opinion on violence.
Who is Angela Davis?