Hair products
This colorful hair product adds moisture to your scalp and hair.
What is Blue Magic?
This sweet potato dish is covered in a brown syrup and sometimes served with marshmallows.
What is candied yams?
Born Cassius Clay Jr., this heavyweight boxer is regarded as the greatest of all time. When he joined the Nation of Islam, his name became___.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This is a genre of music that originated in New Orleans, often played with the trombone and saxophone.
What is jazz?
This woman became the youngest inaugural poet in US history when she participated in the inauguration of Joe Biden in January 2021.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
This hair product used to be used by a lot of the black community before people realized it wasn't good for your hair.
What is Cantu?
This spicy rice that has meat in it is named after the Senegalese Wolof people and has different variations in countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, etc.
What is jollof rice??
Born with the same first name, this Black nationalist famously replaced his slave name Little with a single letter.
Who is Malcolm X?
Originating in the 1970s, this genre consists of rhymes and poetry set to a beat. Sugar Hill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" was the first commercially played track of this genre.
What is rap?
This poet most well-known for “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” was the first woman and African American to read a poem at the presidential inauguration of Bill Clinton.
Who is Maya Angelou?
Due to its growing popularity on Tik Tok, this hair care brand has many products that are continually out of stock.
What is Mielle?
This dish that was created and popularized by enslaved Africans is made from one of the few vegetables that they were allowed to grow or harvest for their consumption. The dish often contains ham hock or smoked turkey and is commonly reserved for special occasions due to its longer cooking time.
What is collard greens?
American rapper Christopher Bridges “Roll[ed] out” this ridiculous stage name that incorporates his nickname.
Who is Ludacris?
A popular music genre combining jazz, gospel, and blues, this type of music is known for its soulful vocal style.
What is R&B?
This poet, known as a symbol of the Harlem Renaissance, is the inspiration for the restaurant “Busboys and Poets” since he was discovered while working as a busboy at the Wardman Park Hotel in DC.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This hair product comes in a green bottle and is named after a popular fruit oil.
What is Olive Miracle?
This tender cut of meat is well known as a Jamaican dish usually served with rice and peas.
What is oxtails?
Born Stokely Carmichael, this Trinidadian-American who was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) for many years is most well-known for his popularization of the “Black Power” slogan. He changed his name to___ in honor of two African socialist leaders.
Who is Kwame Ture?
These songs are based on Christianity and have African roots; they originated during slavery in the US.
What is Black spirituals?
This Pulitzer Prize winning author of “The Color Purple” wrote her first poetry volume, “Once,” while she was a senior in college.
Who is Alice Walker?
This hair product was designed to be put on your hair before you straighten it.
What is Murray’s?
This meat is often grilled and comes in varieties known as spare or babyback.
What is ribs?
Gloria Jean Watkins was an author and social activist who wrote about race, class, gender, sexuality, and other important issues. One of Watkins’ most notable books is “Ain't I a Woman.” She is better known by her pen name___.
Who is bell hooks?
This funky genre originated in Washington DC in the 1970s and is the official music of the District.
What is gogo music?
This “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia.
Who is Audre Lorde?