Black Celebrities
This actor played Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe until his death in 2020.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
He co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records and later launched ventures like Tidal and Roc Nation, becoming a billionaire in the process.
Who is Jay-Z?
The Amazon River flows primarily through this country.
What is Brazil?
This process in plants converts sunlight into chemical energy.
What is photosynthesis?
He was the first U.S. president to resign from office, in 1974, following the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
She became the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Monster’s Ball.
Who is Halle Berry?
This famous artist is known for the painting Starry Night.
Who is Vincent van Gogh?
This country has the world’s largest population.
What is China?
The chemical symbol for sodium is this.
What is Na?
This president is known for the “New Deal,” a series of programs to combat the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
He starred in Atlanta and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as a voice actor. He is also known as Childish Gambino.
Who is Donald Glover?
What company did Richelieu Dennis found that is a personal care company inspired by her grandmother’s recipes and African heritage.
What is SheaMoisture?
Mount Everest is part of this mountain range.
What is the Himalayas?
This branch of science studies the interactions of matter and energy.
What is physics?
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
He directed the 2018 film BlacKkKlansman, becoming the second Black filmmaker nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director.
Who is Spike Lee?
This U.S. state was the last to join the Union, in 1959.
What is Hawaii?
This river, the longest in the United States, flows through ten states including Minnesota, Missouri, and Louisiana before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is Mississippi River?
Water boils at this temperature on the Celsius scale.
What is 100°C?
She was the first female Speaker of the House, serving from 2007 to 2011.
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
Known as the “First Lady of Song,” she had a four-octave vocal range and popularized “scat” singing in the 1930s.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This U.S. Supreme Court case in 1857 ruled that African Americans could not be considered citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
The world’s highest capital city by elevation is located in this country.
What is Bolivia?
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This process allows voters to remove an elected official from office before their term ends.
What is a recall?