Black Sitcoms and Movies
This show was known for the romance of Whitley and Dwayne
What is "A Different World" ?
This person had a dream to end segregation
What is Martin Luther King Jr. ?
This is what people say you smell like when you've been outside too long.
What is "you smell like outside?"
This was the first African American president
What is Barack Obama?
This is a fruit all black people are supposed to love
What is watermelon?
This show paved the way for the hit show "Friends"
What is Living Single?
This person said "I'm rooting for everybody black
What is Issa Rae?
This saying is used when you have something smart to say but are not trying to be too obvious.
What is "No shade?"
What is Madam C.J. Walker?
This is something black people aren't supposed to know how to do.
What is swimming?
A four episode series portraying the struggles of five teenage boys wrongfully imprisoned for allegedly assaulting, raping, and murdering Trisha Meili.
What is When They See Us?
They started the Black Lives Matter movement
a. Issa Rae and Amanda Seales
b. Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi
c. Bryan Stevenson, Ashley Jackson, and Ciara Taylor
What is Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi
This saying is said when your environment or the people surrounding you are ignorant. It is out of your element.
What is "the ghetto" or "how ghetto?"
The first back child to desegregate an all-white elementary school.
What is Ruby Bridges?
This is a person black boys aren't supposed to have in their lives
What is a father?
This show is known for the line "Ain't nobody coming to see you Otis"
What is "The Temptations"?
They started the black panther party.
What is Huey P. Newton, Bobby Seales, and Elbert Howard
What is "I'll give you something to cry about" or "I brought you in this world, I will take you out."
First African American to win an Oscar
Hattie McDaniel
This is a feature accentuated when you see blackface
What are big lips?
This was Ricky's math SAT score in "Boyz n the Hood"
a. 350
b.410
c.500
What is b.410?
This woman wrote the books Are Prisons Obsolete and Freedom is a Constant Struggle, among 8 other book.
What is Angela Davis?
This is a saying black girls use when they are being sarcastic or have an attitude. It used to mean "it looks nice"
What is "that's cute?"
This is the first African American to graduate from Frostburg State University
What is Leon Brumback?
This is a stereotype that causes people to stay away from black women
What is an "angry black woman?"