Black TV Couples
There was never a dull moment in this Bel-Air household for the couple who took in their rambunctious nephew.
Who are Uncle Phil & Aunt Viv Banks (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air)?
Best known for her work as a pop musician, this artist has now broken into the makeup scene, creating a line of products are lightweight and work for all skin tones and types with over 40 shades.
Who is Rihanna?
With his victory at the 2001 Masters, this athlete became the first player to win the four consecutive major tournaments of —the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship.
Who is Tiger Woods?
This landmark Supreme Court case ended segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth."
Who is Muhammed Ali?
Who are Carl & Harriett Winslow (Family Matters)?
This talented Black woman made history by becoming the first Black woman to win an Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for her work playing the role of Professor Annalise Keating.
Who is Viola Davis?
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
This esteemed novelist was the first Black person to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
"Disability is not something we overcome; it is a part of human diversity."
Who is Haben Girma?
Which New York couple moved on up to the east side to a delux apartment in the sky?
Who are George & Louise/Weezy Jefferson (The Jeffersons)?
Who is Stacey Abrams?
Before Venus & Serena Williams dominated the tennis court, this tennis star was the first Black Woman to compete on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam in 1956.
Who is Althea Gibson?
This pageant Queen turned actress/singer became the first African American Miss America winner,
Who is Vanessa Williams?
"We just need to eradicate the stigma of mental health in our community."
Who is Taraji P. Henson?
This Black couple despised one another at first, but their love later became electric. He also made quite the statement when he crashed her wedding and asked her to marry him instead.
Who are Whitley and Dwayne (A Different World?)
This leading activist established the #MeToo movement. She was also TIME magazine's person of the year in 2017.
Who is Tarana Burke?
Who is Arthur Ashe?
Who is Booker T. Washington?
"As long as my people don't have their rights across America, there is no reason for celebration."
This Chicago couple served as television's first African American two-parent family sitcom. The show was a spin-off of Maude (which itself is a spinoff of All in the Family)
Who are James & Florida Evans (GoodTimes)?
After graduating from Princeton (and before "Becoming" the brilliant Black woman we all know) she attended Harvard Law School and participated in demonstrations demanding that the school accept more students and professors of color.
Who is Former First Lady Michelle Obama?
In 1968, these 2 track & field stars were immediately suspended from the US Olympic team for displaying a closed-fist in solidarity with the Civil Rights movement.
Who are John Carlos & Tommie Smith?
The first Black woman elected to US Congress representing New York's 12th congressional district for seven terms, from 1969-1983.
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
"Women must become revolutionary. This cannot be evolution, but revolution."
Who is Shirley Chisholm?