Music
Best-selling solo artist of all time.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This Tv Personality achieved mass influence and media ownership
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
He maintained leading man status across decades in movies like Training Day, Equalizer, and Gladiator 2.
Who is Denzel Washington?
This music genre dominated the charts and influenced fashion, language, and business.
What is Hip-hop?
One of the most famous speeches in history.
What is the “I Have a Dream” speech?
The most Grammy-awarded artist in history.
Who is Beyoncé?
This Television Writer normalized diversity in prime-time storytelling (ex.Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Private Practice)
Who is Shonda Rhimes?
This Writer/Director broke genre bias against Horror and Black Creators when winning an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Who is Jordan Peele?
This community created a multibillion-dollar industry driven by collaborations with Black Athletes and musicians.
What is Sneaker Culture?
The youngest recipient of this award atbtge age of 35.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
This 1950’s musician challenged genre segregation and racial expectations— integrating gospel, blues, and country in mainstream music.
Who is Ray Charles?
This fictional family redefined how African American families were portrayed on American Television.
Who are the Huxtables?
The first—and still only—Black woman to win best Actress at the Oscars.
Who is Halle Berry?
This slang shaped modern American English, influencing everyday speech and media.
What is African American slang?
Demonstrated the power of sustained nonviolent resistance.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Berry Gordy institutionalized Black excellence in a racially exclusionary industry by creating the first Black-owned crossover music empire
What is Motown Records?
Presented a professional black woman on a popular sci-fi series during the Civil Rights era.
Who is Nichelle Nichols?
Won Best actor in 1964
Who is Sidney Poitier?
This era centralized Black intellectual life despite segregation—redefining American arts and literature.
What is The Harlem Renaissance?
At this age Martin Luther King Jr. graduated with a bachelor’s in sociology.
What is 15 years old?
Artists like Louis Armstrong and Fuke Ellington built the foundation for modern music under Jim Crow-era restrictions.
What are Jazz Pioneers?
Entered trusted institutions historically closed to African Americans.
What are black television news anchors?
"Get busy living or get busy dying"
Who is Morgan Freeman?
This African-American television character was so influential that NASA credited her with inspiring the first Black woman to travel into space.
Who is Lieutenant Uhura?
Was originally named this but later changed after his father returned from a trip to Germany in 1934.
Who is Michael King Jr?