Authors and Books
Poets and Poetry
Musicians and Music
Artists and Visual Art
Filmmakers, Actors, Movies, and TV Shows
100
Author of Parable of the Sower
Who is Octavia E. Butler?
100
Creator of the poem Still I Rise
Who is Maya Angelou?
100
What concert tour is the highest grossing concert tour by a Black artist and was, at one point, the highest grossing concert tour by a female artist?
What is the Renaissance World Tour?
100
A 70s and 80s neoexpessionist artist who painted Dustheads and Untitled, a painting that sold for $110.5 million and was the most expensive painting sold at auction by an American artist
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat?
100
Creator of House of Payne and Madea’s Family Reunion
Who is Tyler Perry?
200
Author of The Color Purple
Who is Alice Walker?
200
Creator of Harlem and I, Too
Who is Langston Hughes?
200
A trumpeter known for his jazz rendition of “What a Wonderful World”
Who is Louis Armstrong?
200
Created A Subtlety, a giant sphinx-like statue made of sugar. Known for her artwork that plays with silhouettes
Who is Kara Walker?
200
A late 90s to early 2000s TV show starring a popular R&B singer who played an upper middle class LA teenager
What is Moesha?
300
Author of The Bluest Eye
Who is Toni Morrison?
300
Creator of Knoxville, Tennessee and Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)
Who is Nikki Giovanni?
300
The richest rapper in the world, with a net worth of $2.5 billion
Who is Jay-Z?
300
The first Black artist to paint an official presidential portrait (he painted Barack Obama)
Who is Kehinde Wiley?
300
Executive producer of Bridgerton and creator of Grey’s Anatomy
Who is Shonda Rhimes?
400
Author of The Fifth Season (a part of the Broken Earth trilogy)
Who is N.K. Jemisin?
400
First person to perform poetry during the Super Bowl (Super Bowl LV) and creator of The Hill We Climb
Who is Amanda Gorman?
400
The first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Who is Aretha Franklin?
400
Credited as the first African-American to make a living as an artist, working as a portrait artist for wealthy Maryland families.
Who is Joshua Johnson?
400
Created the Black Entertainment Television (BET) with her husband and is the first Black female billionaire
Who is Sheila Johnson?
500
Author of Children of Blood and Bone
Who is Tomi Adeyemi?
500
Creator of the poetry book The Tradition
Who is Jericho Brown?
500
The only artist to have 7 consecutive #1 Billboard Hot 100 songs
Who is Whitney Houston?
500
The father of modern day graffiti
Who is Darryl “Cornbread” McCray?
500
Creator of The Backyardigans
Who is Janice Burgess?