Black Artists in Music
Known for their dynamic vocals, approach to music, and delivery this artist recently won a Grammy for the Best Rap Album. (Album name hint: This reptile bites!)
Who is Doechii
Named the No. 1 Historically Black College or University (HBCU) in the nation
What is Spelman College?
The professional tennis player, known for their sibing duo/rivalry, is the most successful active player in Grand Slam events with 23 major titles. They have won a total of $84 million in prize money—which is the largest amount ever earned by any female tennis player.
Who is Serena Williams
This actress and film producer has won the Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT. Time named them one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2012 and 2017. The New York Times ranked them ninth on its list of the greatest actors of the 21st century. They are known for the movies Woman King and The Help but also their TV show How to Get Away with Murder
Who is Viola Davis?
Performance coach Autumn Lockwood becomes first Black woman coach to win a Super Bowl for which team?
Who are the Philadelphia Eagles?
They have not only brought U.N.I.T.Y to communities but they've also acted in numerous classic black films. They were the first rapper to receive the BET Lifetime Achievement Award also becoming a Kennedy Center honoree. Now they hold the lead role in CBS's revival of the action drama The Equalizer.
Who is Queen Latifah
Who helped organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta in 1957?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
After first integrating Major League Baseball in 1947, who later becomes the first Black sports commentator on television. They were on the Dodgers baseball team
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This first African American Supreme Court Justice was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and served until 1991.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This movement, founded in 2014, raised awareness about racial discrimination and police violence, by also emphasizing the voices of Afro-Latinos.
What is Black Lives Matter (#BLM)
The Atlanta-based rapper rose to fame with his 2013 trap hit "Type of Way". The song reached number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100. His 2015 single "Flex" also achieved success, charting at number 26. Their career began in 2010 and they were known for creating "street anthems".
Who is Rich Homie Quan?
After what War, did an influx of freed slaves and Black veterans formed the shantytowns that became the neighborhoods of Black Atlanta?
What is the Civil War?
The team has won three Eastern Conference championships (2010, 2011, and 2013). It came into existence as an expansion team in 2008. The team's nickname pays homage to a speech by the Atlanta native Martin Luther King, Jr.
What is the Atlanta Dream Team?
This trailblazing African American author of The Bluest Eye became the first to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for her novel Beloved, which explores the legacy of slavery in the United States.
Who is Toni Morrison?
What politician was the first black representative of the United states to the United Nations also was the former mayor of Atlanta for two terms
Who is Andrew Young?
This legendary jazz musician, known as the "King of Swing," helped popularize big band music in the 1930s and '40s.They collaborated with Count Basie and Louis Armstrong
Who is Duke Ellington
Known for its historic architecture and vibrant nightlife, this Atlanta neighborhood is home to the famous Fox Theatre.
What is Midtown?
This Olympic gold medalist and track and field legend broke the color barrier in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, winning four gold medals and defying Hitler’s ideology.
Who is Jesse Owens?
This influential educator and author founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and promoted vocational training (education and skills-based training programs that prepare people for a specific job, trade, or craft) for African Americans in the late 19th century. They are also named after a school located in Atlanta that recently celebrated 100 years of education
Who is Booker T. Washington?
The Afro-Latino identity stems from the legacy of...
What is the Transatlantic Slave Trade?
Known for their psychedelic rock and blues this singer, songwriter, and perhaps most notably, guitarist experimented with unconventional ways to play their guitar. However, as they began experimenting with their guitar tone and effects their signature sound followed. One of their most popular songs would be from their psychedelic rock group the 1967 single, “Purple Haze,” which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000.
Who is Jimi Hendrix
This iconic Atlanta venue, originally built in 1965, hosted the 1996 Olympic Games' opening ceremony and is the former home of the Atlanta Braves baseball team.
What is Turner Field?
They were largely considered the top basketball player in NBA history for decades until Michael Jordan came onto the scene in the 1980s. As the former center for the Boston Celtics, they helped their team win 11 championships in 13 seasons. Starting in 1966, they served as player-coach for the Celtics, becoming the first Black coach in the NBA and the first to win an NBA championship. They also led the U.S. national basketball team to gold at the 1956 Olympics.
Who is Bill Russell?
This African American woman became the first Black woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932, breaking barriers in aviation.
Who is Bessie Coleman?
Thought to have been born enslaved this Haitian-born leader led the first successful slave revolt, which resulted in Haiti becoming the first independent Black republic in 1804 (general and leader of the Haitian Revolution)
Who is Toussaint Louverture?