Trailblazers & Leaders
This man won a Nobel in 1964 for fighting injustice without a gun. and delivered a POWERFUL speech the year prior.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This actor/producer has created 11 stage plays and 13-14 movies and owns one of the biggest studios in the U.S.
Who is Tyler Perry?
This Olympic gymnast has the worlds most medals in history.
A 1992 musical comedy that stars Whoopi Goldberg as a lounge singer hiding in a convent.
What is "Sister Act"?
You Knew it was time to go home when these came on outside.
What are the street lights?
She was a famed abolitionist known as "Moses" for leading enslaved people to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Jazz legend known for his trumpet and singing.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
This NBA star was known for his skyhook shot.
Who is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?
A 1997 film that starts Vivica A. Fox, Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, and Kimberly Elise, where they start robbing banks.
What is "Set It Off"?
The conatiner that never had cookies inside.
What is the blue sewing tin/Christmas cookies tin?
She was the first Black woman to travel into space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
He starred in the movie "Get Out" and won an Oscar for writing "Nope".
Who is Jordan Peele?
This baseball player holds the all-time home run record.
Who is Barry Bonds?
A 1995 coming-of-age comedy film where two friends try to stay out of trouble, pay a debt, and survive the neighborhood—all in 24 hours.
What is "Friday"?
This was the "universal medicine" for stomach aches, headaches, colds, fevers, and everything in between.
What is ginger ale?
Rosa Parks was well known because refused to give up her seat on the Montgomery bus in 1955. Who refused to give up their seat 9 months before her?
Claudette Colvin
In 1998, album by Lauryn Hill won 5 Grammy awards, including "Album of the Year".
What is the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill?
DAILY DOUBLE: NBA player nicknamed "The Answer".
Who is Allen Iverson?
A 1993 film the line "Eat the cake, Anna Mae" derived from.
What is "What's Love Got To Do With It"?
The warning that meant NO extra spending in the store today.
What is "Don't touch NOTHING and don't ASK for NOTHING"?
He-Co-founded the Black Panther Party alongside Huey P. Newton.
Who is Bobby Seale?
DAILY DOUBLE: Record label, founded by Berry Gordy in 1959, that helped launch the careers of Stevie Wonder and The Supremes.
What was MOTOWN?
This track star was known as the fastest woman alive in the 1980s.
Who is Florence Griffith-Joyner?
A 1991 film that follows friends growing up in South Central Los Angeles.
What is "Boyz n the hood"?
The phrase that meant you were officially in trouble because your parent used your entire full government name.
What is "First. Middle. Last."?