This actor gained fame by playing a loud, gun-toting grandmother figure both on stage and screen
Who is Tyler Perry?
This talented couple has a net worth of over a billion dollars
Who are Jay-Z and Beyonce'?
In 1927 she was a lecturer who spoke of freedom for slaves, women's rights, temperance, prison reform and better conditions for working people.
Who was Sojourner Truth?
He said :Our nation is a rainbow – red, yellow, brown, black, and white – and we’re all precious in God’s sight.
Who is Jesse Jackson?
DAILY DOUBLE: She gained wide public recognition for starring as crisis management expert Olivia Pope in this ABC drama series. Name the actress and show.
Who is Kerry Washington? What is Scandal?
Always a power couple in Chicago, they were both graduates of Harvard Law School.
Who are Pres. Barack and Michelle Obama?
He was an excellent abolitionist, he spoke for the right of black men to fight in the Union Army and published the anti-slavery newspaper "The North Star"
Who was Frederick Douglas?
He said: Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Who is Rev. Dr Martin Luther King?
This up and coming actress from Kenya won an Oscar for her part in Steve McQueen's "12 Years a Slave"
Who is Lupita Nyong'o?
This couple are stars of both gospel music as well as Tyler Perry films and plays
Who are David and Tamela Mann?
From 1849-1861, she made 19 successful trips as conductor of the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
He said: Yes we can!
Who is Pres. Barack Obama?
Though it was performed 27 years after the death of one of the pair, this duo's remake hit was world renowned.
Who are Nat King Cole and Natalie Cole?
This actor played the iconic Malcolm X in a biopic by Spike Lee
Who is Denzel Washington?
This couple was reunited in 1990 after one of them was released from a long jail sentence.
Who are Nelson and Winnie Mandela?
This surveyor had a photographic memory which he used to redraw all the planes doe building the city of Washington DC
Who was Benjamin Banneker?
She wrote: “Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.”
Who is Maya Angelou?
This actress starred as Tina Turner in the biographical film "What Love got to do with It?"
Who is Angela Bassett?
Coming from the screen and the basketball court, they share a healthy competition in Gatorade commercials
Who are Dwayne Wade and Gabrielle Union?
DAILY DOUBLE: He is the author of "The 3 Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo"
Who is Alexander Dumas?
He said: "Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America." ·
Who is Congressman John Lewis?