Literature
This long running PBS show debuted in 1983 and was hosted and produced by LaVar Burton to inspire kids to read.
What is Reading Rainbow?
Bootylicious
Bills, Bills, Bills
Survivor
Before becoming a duchess, she portrayed Rachel Zane, a corporate lawyer, on Suits for six seasons.
Who is Meghan Markle?
This astrophysicist has hosted StarTalk, a comedy podcast since 2009 and has written several books including Cosmic Queries and Astrophysics for People in a Hurry.
Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson?
This attorney was a member of OJ Simpson's dream team and famously stated during closing arguments, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."
Who is Johnnie Cochran?
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Historical Firsts
This Black woman became the first self-made female millionaire in the United States by founding a haircare empire in the early 1900s.
The author of Roots and co-author of the Autobiography of Malcom X.
Who is Alex Hayley?
ABC
I Want You Back
Blame it on the Boogie
What is the Jackson 5?
This gladiator in a suit is the protagonist of ABC’s Scandal.
Who is Olivia Pope?
This 2016 film depicts the story of real-life mathematician, Katherine Johnson whose work as a computer made the 1969 moon landing possible.
What is Hidden Figures?
This associate justice is the first Black woman and first former federal public defender to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who is Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This debut novel of Nigerian author Chinua Achibe was published in 1958 and has been translated into over 50 languages.
What is Things Fall Apart?
Waterfalls
No Scrubs
Creep
What is TLC?
This Marvel Cinematic Universe character/DA, frequently battled Matt Murdock aka Daredevil in court.
Who is Blake Tower?
This agricultural scientist, inventor, and professor at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University), advised President Theodore Roosevelt on agriculture and crop growing.
Who is George Washington Carver?
Before becoming the first Black lead for season 13 of The Bachelorette, she earned her JD from Marquette University and practiced law in Texas for several years.
Who is Rachel Lindsay?
This 1992 novel by Terry McMillian was turned into a film starring Angela Bassett, Whitney Houston, Lorretta Devine, and Lela Rochon.
What is Waiting to Exhale?
My Girl
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
I Can't Get Next to You
What is the Temptations?
Tracee Ellis Ross, Diana Ross’s daughter, portrayed Joan Carol Clayton, a corporate lawyer, in this sitcom that aired from 2000 until 2008.
What is Girlfriends?
She is an American engineer, physician, and NASA astronaut who became the first African American woman to travel to space in 1992.
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
While working as an associate at Sidley Austin, the law firm where she famously met her husband, she managed legal issues for Barney and Friends.
Who is Michelle Obama?
This playwright and author is best known for her play, A Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
Free Your Mind
Giving Him Something He Can Feel
Never Gonna Get It
What is En Vouge ?
Defense attorney Eugene Young acted as a foil to Alan Shore in this Emmy-winning series that ran from 1997-2004 and inspired the spinoff, Boston Legal.
What is the Practice?
This anthropologist and novelist researched the religious traditions, songs, and folklore of various Black communities. Her research influenced her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
He was the first Black judge appointed to the bench in Colorado.
Who is James C. Flanigan?
(Served in Denver Municipal Court from 1957-64 and then Denver District Court from 1964-84)