Black Movies
This Tyler Perry movie left viewers confused as to how Taraji P. Henson's character made it back on the boat.
Acromony
Finish this lyric:
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T...
Take care, TCB
Hip-Hop great who helped popularize the term G.O.A.T with their eighth studio album. They’re also well-known for acting and hosting.
LL Cool J
This man is considered to be the father of Pan-Africanism?
W.E.B. Du Bois
In 1926, Carter G. Wilson pioneered the events known as "Negro History Week" which by 1970 evolved into this nationally recognized celebration.
BLACK History Month
School Daze, He Got Game, Crooklyn, and Bamboozled where famous films of this director/actor?
Spike Lee
This group wanted us to “fight the power.”
This recently retired G.O.A.T. founded a venture capital firm focused on helping companies started by women and minorities
Serena Williams
The annual celebration of Kwanzaa was first celebrated in this year.
1966
This television series ran for eight seasons and lead to two (possibly three) spin off shows.
BLACKish
For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), this actress became the first African American to win an Academy Award.
Hattie McDaniel
This type of music originated in Trinidad and Tobago among enslaved Africans as a form of communication and has since stylistically influenced several Caribbean music genres, including Reggae and Soca.
Calypso
This G.O.A.T. was the first African American and Native American woman to be a pilot. She toured the country performing in flight shows.
Bessie Coleman
This country has the second largest population of African descended people in the world?
Brazil
This is an internet community focused on issues of interest to the black community
BLACK Twitter
James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair who played king and queen of Zamunda in Coming to America also voiced characters in this 1994 Disney film.
The Lion King
Winning at the first ever award show in 1959, this sultry jazz singer was one of the first Black people ever to win a Grammy.
Ella Fitzgerald
The “Father of Black History.”
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
These two African countries are considered by some scholars to never have been colonized.
Ethiopia and Liberia
In 1996, this American R&B group found themselves at #1 on the Billboard charts with their single "No Diggity."
BLACKstreet
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
This traditional folk music instrument is directly descended from the Akonting found in several West African countries, including Senegal and Gambia.
The Banjo
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter covering racial injustice. This G.O.A.T.’s most famous work has been turned into a six-part documentary
Nikole Hannah-Jones
This musician and activist is known as the inventor of Afrobeat music
Fela Kuti
This steamship corporation was established in 1919 by Pan-Africanist Marcus Garvey to encourage black self-determination and economic independence
BLACK Star Line