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This is an American crime drama television series created by John Singleton, Eric Amadio, and Dave Andron. Set in 1983 Los Angeles, the series revolves around the first crack epidemic and its impact on the culture of the city.
What is Snowfall
In 1950, Ralph Ellison received the National Book Award for what book?
a) Native Son
b) Invisible Man
c) Their Eyes Were Watching God
d) The Souls of Black Folk
b) Invisible Man
He holds the NBA records for highest career regular season scoring average (30.12 points per game) and highest career playoff scoring average (33.45 points per game). In 1999, he was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN.
Who is Michael Jordan?
Who is the R&B artist behind the 2001 hit single “Fallin'”?
Alicia Keys
Who was the first Black woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year?
Lauryn Hill
Chris, who goes to meet his white girlfriend, Rose’s parents for the first time at their house the middle of the woods. What follows are hints to microaggressions, like Rose’s father telling him that he “would have voted for Obama for a third time” and a mind-bending twist that kept us away from anyone with a tea cup for days.
Get out
Who was the first black woman to create and star in a scripted series for HBO?
Issa Rae
How many total Grand Slam titles do Venus and Serena Williams hold collectively?
What is 48?
Which rapper is notorious for his long history with crowd control issues and inciting riots and violence at his concerts, with the latest being at his AstroWorld Festival in Houston, Texas?
Travis Scott.
This rapper went double platinum with no features.
J. Cole
Premering in 2006 on the CW, this show is a spin-off of "Girlfriends" featuring a group of women who all have relationships with professional football players.This show was picked up by BET in 2009.
What is The Game?
HBCUs are the pillars of Black education. As of 2022, how many HBCUs are there?
101
This former center for the L.A. Lakers is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
What is the name of the group that artists such as Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, Gudda Gudda, Mack Maine, Lil Chuckee, and Tyga are in?
Young Money.
Which popular rap artist's real name is Nayvadius Wilburn?
Future
This movie came out in 1996 and it's about a Black woman that started to rob banks for financial reasons
"Set it off"
He was first elected to Congress, representing Georgia, in 1986, and was one of the keynote speakers at the 1963 March on Washington; he also marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights leaders in the Selma, Alabama march in 1965. Who is he?
John Lewis
He was the first basketball player to score 100 points in a single game, and was also the first to score 30,000 points in the NBA.
Who is Wilt Chamberlin?
This music artist sang backing vocals on TLC’s ‘Waterfalls’. Who is he?
Cee Lo Green.
Highest grossing black album of all time thus far?
What is? Thriller-Michael Jackson
Name 2 of the 5 highest grossing films of all time featuring a predominantly black cast:
1) COMING TO AMERICA 2) BAD BOYS II 3) BIG MOMMA’S HOUSE 4) DREAMGIRLS 5) BAD BOYS
In 1857, this thriving community of predominantly African-American homeowners were forced to move after the city of New York acquired the land through eminent domain to build what we now know as Central Park.
What is Seneca Village or Seneca Falls Village?
What team drafted Kobe Bryant straight out of High School in 1996?
Charlotte Hornets (He was then traded to the Lakers)
Finish the lyric to this song:
Outkast - Ms.Jackson [verse, Andre 3000] Ten times out of nine, now if I'm lyin', find The quickest muzzle, throw it on my mouth and I'll decline King meets queen, then the puppy love thing Together dream 'bout that crib with the Goodyear swing On the oak tree, I hope we feel like this forever -----------------------------------------------------
"Forever, forever ever, Forever ever"
What was the year the first Air Jordan sneakers were released?
What is 1984?