Before pursuing his rap career, this rapper appeared on the Teen Nick show Degrassi
Drake
This is one of the most famous lines in the movie The Color Purple
All my life I had to fight
Audiotaped interviews of this Black Muslim leader became Alex Haley's 1965 Autobiography of him
Malcolm X
I was the first African American female millionaire with her own Black hair care products
Madam C. J. Walker
This famous African American woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man which helped start the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
This rapper is often regarded as the greatest revolutionary rapper of all time and coined the phrase "T.H.U.G L.I.F.E“
Tupac
Protagonist known for his dysfunctional scientific inventions, unrequited love for his neighbor, and a more suave alter ego
Steve Urkel
One of the most popular Black owned periodicals, this magazine started by John H. Johnson has a title that is typically synonymous with Black
Ebony
In 1947, I joined the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first Black person in the major league
Jackie Robinson
I was amended in 1865 to abolish slavery in the United States
13th Amendment
Beyonce teamed up with this Nigerian artist to make the song Brown Skin Girl
Wizkid
He is known for creating movies with social commentary like School Daze and Do The Right Thing
Spike Lee
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This Harlem Renaissance poet wrote Not Without Laughter and Dream Deferred
These were the first nine African American students to integrate a school in Arkansas
Little Rock Nine
In 1791, Toussaint L'Ouverture led the first slave revolt against the French in this country
Haiti
This is the Barbados singer Rihanna’s real name (first and last)
Robyn Fenty
This 2019 movie was written by Lena Waithe
Queen & Slim
This bestseller by Ta-Nehisi Coates is in the form of a letter to his son on race & life
Between the World and Me
In 1972, I was the first African American woman to be on the ballot as a candidate for United States President
Shirley Chisolm
Noted by some scholars as one of the only African countries that was "never colonized"
Ethiopia
This singer won season three of American Idol
Fantasia Barrino
These two shows were the earliest African American TV family sitcoms (full points even if you guess 1/2)
Good Times or Sanford and Son
The 1845 Narrative of the Life of this man was published just 7 years after he escaped slavery
Fredrick Douglas
In 1987, I was the first Black woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Aretha Franklin
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The year the first Africans were kidnapped, brought to America and forced into slavery