✊🏾 Black History
Who was the first Black president of the United States?
Barack Obama
Which Black inventor created the Super Soaker?
Lonnie Johnson
Which artist is known as the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul?
Mary J.Blige
What sketch comedy show launched stars like Keenan Ivory Wayans, Jamie Foxx, and Jim Carrey?
In Living Color
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
What year did slavery officially end in the United States?
1865
Who was the first Black woman to become a self-made millionaire in America?
Madam C.J. Walker
Which legendary label was founded by Berry Gordy?
Motown
What movie gave us the line "You got knocked the **** out"?
Friday
Before becoming president of South Africa, what future leader spent 27 years in prison?
Nelson Mandela
What holiday celebrates the end of slavery in Texas?
Juneteenth
Who was the first African American to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature?
Toni Morrison
Which producer discovered both Jay-Z and Kanye West?
Damon Dash
Which sitcom featured the Winslow family?
Family Matters
What is the significance of the Green Book?
It helped Black travelers find safe businesses during segregation.
Who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus?
Rosa Parks
Who became the first Black woman billionaire in America?
Oprah Winfrey
Who became the first Black billionaire in the United States, known for creating the first Black Entertainment Television network?
Robert L. Johnson
Who was the first Black woman to win an Academy Award?
Hattie McDaniel
What Black Wall Street community was destroyed in 1921?
Greenwood District
What amendment gave Black men the right to vote?
The 15th Amendment
Which Black mathematician helped NASA send astronauts into orbit and to the moon?
Katherine Johnson
What hip-hop group included Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad?
A Tribe Called Quest
What actor played Furious Styles in Boyz n the Hood?
Laurence Fishburne
What Black community in Florida was destroyed during a racial massacre in 1923?
Rosewood