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North West is the daughter of which celebrities?
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West
_____ an African-American billionaire who paved her way from abuse, inequality, to becoming one of the most popular and richest talk show host, actress and philanthropist of all time
Oprah Winfrey
"It started when we were younger you were my...my boo"
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomerey, AL buses from 1955-1956?
Rosa Parks
___ was the 1st African-American U.S. President
President Barack Obama
In 2009, ___ interrupted Taylor Swift at the VMA Awards.
Kanye West
_____ was a Human Rights activist, some people saw him as a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, others accused him of preaching racism and violence
Malcolm X
TLC
"I have a dream" speech was written by ___
Martin Luther King Jr.
_____ was a popular television show in the 80s-90s featuring a black teenage boy from West Philadelphia moving in to live in a huge mansion with his uncle, aunt, and cousins.
The Fresh Prince of Belair
in 2016, ____ surprised everyone with her album drop with no prior announcement
Beyonce
What is the oldest civil rights organization still working today?
The NAACP, founded in 1909 by both blacks and whites in using the legal system to gain equality and justice.
Whose autobiography is entitled, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou, published in 1970
"Bush does not like black people" was a statement made by _____
Kanye West, following Hurricane Katrina
In 2009, ____ interrupted Jay Z and Alicia Keys in the middle of their VMA performance
Lil Mama
Which 14 year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman?
Emmett Till
"I did 1/2 a x** 13 hours till' I land had me out like a light"
Drake/Travis Scott
Who was the inventor of hair relaxers/perms, popular products used by the African-American community?
Madame C.J. Walker
"Bye Felicia" is a famous quote from which movie?
Friday
In 2001, actress ___ became the 1st black actress at the Oscars to win an award for best actress
Halle Berry
Which Amendment to the U.S Constitution abolished slavery?
13th Amendment, in 1865 after the end of the Civil War
"Shawty ima only tell you this once...you the illest"
Nicki Minaj
____ helped hundreds of slaves flee to the north to freedom through the underground railroad.
Harriet Tubman
This court case, in rule of the Supreme Court, outlawed segregated public education facilities for blacks and whites at the state level.
Brown vs. Board of Education 1964