MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT
CHANGE MAKERS
AFRICA & AFRICANS
African Diaspora
Misc.
100

HIS SONG "NOT LIKE US" WON FIVE GRAMMYS FOR 2025 INCLUDING SONG AND RECORD OF THE YEAR

WHO IS KENDRICK LAMAR?

100

SHE WAS ELECTED AS THE VERY FIRST BLACK WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A.

WHO IS VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS?

100

THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY IS THE SECOND-LARGEST ISLAND COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

WHAT IS MADAGASCAR?

100

HE IS FAMOUS FOR SEVERAL INVENTIONS, INCLUDING THE 3-LIGHT TRAFFIC SIGNAL & THE GAS MASK

WHO IS GARRET A. MORGAN?

100

HER BOOK "THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD" HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A MOVIE AND IS REQUIRED READING ACROSS THE COUNTRY

WHO IS ZORA NEALE HURSTON?

200

THIS RAPPER, WHOSE REAL NAME IS BELCALIS CEPHUS, HAS A DOMINICAN FATHER AND TRINIDADIAN MOTHER

WHO IS CARDI B?

200

HE WAS THE VERY FIRST BLACK SUPREME COURT JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES

WHO IS THURGOOD MARSHALL?

200

BORN IN THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY, KHABY LAME WAS THE MOST FOLLOWED USER ON TIKTOK IN 2025

WHAT IS SENEGAL?

200

SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE IN THE U.S. BY DEVELOPING AND SELLING COSMETIC & HAIR CARE PRODUCTS

WHO IS MADAME C.J. WALKER?

200

HE WAS THE VERY FIRST SETTLER OF PRESENT-DAY CHICAGO

WHO IS JEAN BAPTISTE POINT DU SABLE?

300

WITH SONGS LIKE ONE LOVE AND NO WOMAN, NO CRY, THIS JAMAICAN ARTIST IS ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING OF ALL TIME

WHO IS BOB MARLEY?

300

SHE WAS THE VERY FIRST BLACK WOMAN ELECTED TO THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

WHO IS SHIRLEY CHISOLM?

300

IMMIGRANTS FROM THIS AFRICAN COUNTRY WERE RECOGNIZED AS THE MOST HIGHLY EDUCATED IMMIGRANT GROUP IN THE U.S.A.

WHAT IS NIGERIA?

300

A PROFESSOR AT THE TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, HE MADE PAINTS, DYES, AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM PEANUTS AND SWEET POTATOES

WHO IS GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER?

300

THIS COUNTRY IS THE LARGEST OIL PRODUCER IN ALL OF AFRICA

WHAT IS NIGERIA?

400

IN 2025, SHE BECAME THE THIRD WOMAN TO WIN A GRAMMY FOR THE BEST RAP ALBUM

WHO IS DOECHII?

400

THIS NFL PLAYER, NOW CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, BROUGHT ATTENTION TO POLICE BRUTALITY BY KNEELING DURING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

WHO IS COLIN KAEPERNICK?

400

THIS POPULAR MUSIC GENRE FROM SOUTH AFRICA RECENTLY SPREAD WORLDWIDE WITH HITS LIKE "JERUSALEMA"

WHAT IS AMAPIANO?

400
HE FOUNDED THE FIRST BLACK-OWNED HOSPITAL AND PERFORMED THE FIRST OPEN HEART SURGERY

WHO IS DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS?

400

IN 2014, HE BECAME THE FIRST U.S. ATHLETE TO BECOME A BILLIONAIRE

WHO IS MICHAEL JORDAN?

500
IN 2021, THIS SINGER BECAME THE WEALTHIEST FEMALE MUSICIAN IN THE WORLD, WITH AN ESTIMATE NET WORTH OF 1.7 BILLION

WHO IS RIHANNA?

500

HIS 1852 SPEECH "WHAT TO THE NEGRO IS THE 4TH OF JULY?" CRITIQUED THE HYPOCRISY OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHO IS FREDERICK DOUGLASS?

500
HE IS FAMOUS FOR SEVERAL INVENTIONS, INCLUDING THE 3-LIGHT TRAFFIC SIGNAL AND THE GAS MASK.

WHO IS GARRET A. MORGAN?

500
HE INVENTED THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL REFRIGERATION SYSTEM FOR TRUCKS

WHO IS FREDERICK MCKINLEY JONES?

500

HE WAS THE EMPEROR OF ETHIOPIA FROM 1930-1974, AND ALSO THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THE RASTAFARIAN MOVEMENT

WHO IS HAILE SELASSIE?

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