It is who we are
Ackee and salt fish is the national dish of this country
Jamaica
This country was the first free Black republic
Haiti
This tv-show starting in 2021 has a 98% on rotten tomato and reached huge critical acclaim
Abbott Elementary
Name 3 American music genres created by Black people
rock and roll, hip hop, soul, country, rhythm and blues, soul, gospel
This person was the first Black person on the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
This language is the most spoken language in Africa with over 100 million speakers
Swahili
This country has the largest Black population outside of Africa
Brazil
This poem by a famous Black poet includes the line: Does my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? Cause I walk like I've got oil wells, Pumping in my living room
Still I Rise by Maya Angelou
This person is the artist with the most Grammys
Beyonce
This 1948 landmark civil rights case outlawed race-based policies for selling residential housing property
Shelley v. Kraemer
This popular American dish was popularized via James Hemings an enslaved chef whose work was stolen by slave-owner Thomas Jefferson
Mac and cheese
This US state has the largest percentage of Black people at nearly 38%
Mississippi
This person was the first Black EGOT winner- achieving this status in 2002- Emmy, Grammy, Oscar Tony
Whoopi Goldberg
DAILY DOUBLE
This song was the first song by a Nigerian artist to break the Billboard Top 100
Double points for naming the artist(s)
Essence
Wiz Kid and Tems
This law school had the first Black graduate- it is in the current top 20
Cornell Law School
These 3 languages are the national languages of Nigeria
Yoruba, Hausa, and Igbo
This capital city founded in 1822 was founded by former American enslaved people
Monrovia, Liberia
This American film is the highest grossing Black film
Coming to America
This music genre originated in Trinidad and Tobago and is known for its rhythmic and harmonic vocals
Calypso
Supreme Court Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson served on this US Court before becoming a Supreme Court Justice
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
This country's name means Warrior King and was named for a large successful empire in Africa
Ghana
This town was the first town in the Americas founded by runaway enslaved Africans in 1619
San Basilio de Palenque
This Haitian-American artist's paintings include Untitled, Riding with Death, Warrior, and Hollywood Africans
Jean-Michel Basquiat
This person was the first Black artist to win a Grammy
Ella Fitzgerald
This person was the first Black attorney passing the Maine bar in 1844
Macon Bolling Allen