US History
This holiday which became an official federal holiday in 2021, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the U.S.
Juneteenth
What artist is the original singer behind the lyrics "Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees"
Who is Billie Holiday
Who was the first ever African American to win an Oscar?
Who is Hattie McDonald
What year was Michael Jackson born?
August 29, 1958
Complete this lyric from A Different World: "I know my parents loved me. Stand behind me come what may. I know now that I'm ready, for I finally heard them say. It's a different world, _____________."
"Than where ya come from."
This group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961
CORE-Congress of Racial Equality
What artist is behind the following lyrics "I wanna act ballerific like it's all terrific I got a couple past due bills, I won't get specific I got a problem with spending before I get it We all self conscious I'm just the first to admit it"
Who is Kanye West
Name the charecters played by Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps in the classic film Love & Basketball
Who are Quincy McCall and Monica Wright
Name the woman who most recently joined the Billionaire club in 2021
Who is Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Complete this lyric from Moesha: "Mo to the, E to the. Mo to the, E to the. Up in the morning a new day is starting. It's me, it's me. ________________ It's me
"Am I realizing my responsibility?"
This influential author became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Toni Morrison
What artist is famous for his ep album composed for the move Black Panther released in 2018
Who is Kendrick Lamar
What was Mookie's job in Do The Right Thing?
Pizza Delivery Boy
What is Cardi B's real name? Bonus points if you know how she came to get the name Cardi
What is Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar
Complete this lyric from Living Single: "Keep your head up, what? Keep your head up, that's right. Whenever this life get tough, you gotta fight. With my homegirls standing to my left and my right. True blue, _________."
"It's tight like glue."
Before he was elected president of the United States, Barack Obama served as a U.S. senator of which Midwestern state
Illinois
Name the first and last names of 2 members of the group The Supremes
Who are Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, Betty McGlown
In Get Out, what was the name of the otherworld state black people were trapped in when their bodies are taken over?
The Sunken Place
This NASA engineer invented what came to be known as the Super Soaker
Dr Lonnie G. Johnson
Complete this lyric from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: "In west Philadelphia born and raised On the playground was where I spent most of my days ___________________ And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school
"Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool"
In 1968 she became the first African American woman elected to Congress
Shirley Chisholm
Name the song or artist of the re-recorded 1991 banger "I call you, when I need you my heart's on fire You come to me, come to me, wild and wild You come to me Give me everything I need"
Who is Tina Turner or What is Simply The Best
Where were Lucky and Justice taking a road trip to in Poetic Justice?
Oakland
Who tweeted, "Hi, Chance the Rapper. If you are obviously a rapper, why did you put it in your stage name? I cannot stop thinking about this"?
Dionne Warwick
Complete this lyric from Sister, Sister: "Sister, sister. Talk about a two-way twister. Shaking up the family tree ______."
"With sibling synchronicity."