Movies
This movie follows Craig and Smokey, two friends in Los Angeles, on a Friday afternoon.
"Friday" (1995)
Name the song based on the lyrics:
Remember those walls I built? / Well, baby, they're tumblin' down / And they didn't even put up a fight / They didn't even make a sound
Beyoncé's Halo
Also known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, and Liberation Day. It became a federal holiday in 2021.
Juneteenth
This artist is known for her songs "Fantasy" and "We Belong Together"
Mariah Carey
The NBA's all-time leading scorer, who has won four NBA championships from 10 NBA Finals appearances, having made eight consecutive appearances between 2011 and 2018.
LeBron James
A series of movies, created and portrayed by Tyler Perry, centered around the character Mabel Simmons, an elderly woman known for her unconventional methods of dealing with life's challenges.
"Madea"
Name the song based on the lyrics:
"Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand."
Stevie Wonder's Sir Duke
The first state to recognize Juneteenth as a holiday
The first state to recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday was Texas, in 1980.
Along with two of his costume designers, received a patent for this shoe design in 1993 that allowed him to perform the iconic "anti-gravity lean"
Michael Jackson
A Barbadian singer, businesswoman, and actress, known for being one of the wealthiest musicians in the world.
Rihanna
A group of animated characters emerge from a TV universe into the real world, attempting to help young Doris (Kyla Pratt) become popular.
"Fat Albert" (2004)
Name the poem/poet:
A free bird leaps / on the back of the wind / and floats downstream / till the current ends / and dips his win / in the orange sun rays / and dares to claim the sky.
Maya Angelou's Caged Bird
Why is Juneteenth celebrated?
To commemorate of the end of slavery in the U.S.
Often referred to as either "The Artist" or "The Artist Formerly Known as". He also used a symbol known as "Love Symbol #2."
Prince
Known as Eric Marlon Bishop, received acclaim and dual Academy Award nominations for his performances in the biopic Ray.
Jamie Foxx
This movie tells the coming-of-age story of three young friends Tre, Doughboy and Ricky, growing up in South Central Los Angeles.
"Boyz n the Hood" (1991)
Name the song based on the lyrics:
Even though / You'd need a golden calculator to divide / The time it took to look inside and realize / That real guys go for real down to Mars girls
Outkast's Roses
What does the green on the Pan-African flag represents?
Wealth and prosperity of Africa.
Born Lesane Parish Crooks, this artist is also known by his stage name Makaveli
Tupac
An American film director, known for School Daze (1988), Do the Right Thing (1989), and Malcolm X (1992). He also won an Oscar for his 2019 movie "BlacKkKlansman"
Spike Lee
An American crime comedy drama film starring, written, and directed by Eddie Murphy. The film co-stars Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, and Murphy's older brother Charlie.
"Harlem Nights" (1989)
Name the poem/poet:
Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun? / Or fester like a sore— / And then run?
Langston Hughes' Harlem
Who read the Emancipation Proclamation to newly freed slaves on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas?
General Gordon Granger
An 80s two-man rap group from Long Island, New York, known for borrowing heavily from the rhetoric of black power.
Public Enemy
This fictional character was born in Harlem in 1929, and is an ambitious entrepreneur who started and managed a successful chain of dry cleaning stores in New York City.
George Jefferson