Actors
She shook it up on Disney and now she plays Rue on Euphoria
Who is Zendaya?
Big Freedia and Sissy Nobby are well known artists for this type of music
What is "Bounce music"?
Well published erotic fiction novelist
Who is Zane?
This book has a 1985 film adaptation and a 2023 musical recreation of the 2005 Broadway hit
What is The Color Purple?
“We moving on up, to the east side. We finally got a piece of the pie”
What is The Jeffersons?
The voice of Mufasa
Who is James Earl Jones?
This subgenre appeared on the music scene in the 1990s in the poorest neighborhoods of Atlanta
What is "Trap music"?
This Joplin, MO native is best known for being a civil rights leader and writer during the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes?
Angela Bassett sets her husband’s car on fire in the movie adaptation of this Terry McMillan #1 New York Times best seller
What is Waiting to Exhale?
“They say this is a big, rich town. I just come from the poorest part”
What is Power?
The slap that was heard around the world was between these two actors
Who are Will Smith and Chris Rock?
Started in 2010s in Chicago and highlights the violence of street life and gangs in urban areas
What is "Drill music"?
This novelist wrote several novels including "How Stella Got her Groove Back"
Who is Terry McMillan?
Halle Berry starred in the film version of a Zora Neale Hurston classic
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God?
"I pulled up to the house about 7 or 8, and I yelled to the cab, 'Yo, holmes smell ya later'"
What is the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
This EGOT winner famously shaves her eyebrows
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
DJ Screw locally popularized this genre and technique that consists of slowing down the tempo of a song
What is "Chopped and Screwed"?
This Breakfast Club host published a book titled Black Privilege in 2017
Who is Charlamagne tha God?
This Maya Angelou classic has been on the banned book list almost since its publication
What is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?
“We’re brothers. We’re happy and we’re singing, and we’re colored”
What is The Wayans Brothers?
The first Black man to win Best Actor at the Oscars
Who is Sidney Poitier?
Dr. Dre is known for perfecting this sub-genre that is seen as the foundational sound of West Coast hip hop
What is "G Funk"?
This civil rights activist moved to France to escape American racism and homophobia
Who is James Baldwin?
The memoir of the former first lady of the United States
What is Becoming?
“You and me will always be tight. Family every single day and night”
What is the Proud Family?