VOCABULARY
MOVERS, SHAKERS & LAWMAKERS
EYEWITNESS
HISTORY
HISTORY
RING,RING GOVERNMENT'S CALLING
FOR THE CULTURE
100
African Storyteller, Historian, Teacher.
What is a Griot?
100
Former US Senator from the state of Illinois, and our 44th POTUS.
Who is Barack Hussien Obama?
100
The 1963 pilgrimage of over a quarter million people to the nation's capital to Martin Luther King Jr. share his dream.
What was the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
100
Kuture and Wave call this Afro-Latina mama, but the government is calling for Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar.
Who is Cardi B.?
100
Complete the phrase, "Don't play me. Do I look like Boo-Boo..."
What is The Fool?
200
Person who worked to end slavery.
What is an Abolishtionist?
200
Often portrayed as adversaries, one violent and one peaceful, these two had a common goal: Black liberation and equal rights.
Who was Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
This holiday marks the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Juneteeth?
200
When the hotline rings, it could only mean that the call is for Aubrey Graham.
Who is Drake?
200
Hoodies are out, these are in.
What are quarter zips, or three quarter zips?
300
Inhumane trans-Atlantic trade route.
What was the Middle Passage?
300
An Afro-Latina from the "boogie down Bronx," and the 1st Latina on the SCOTUS.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
300
The relocation of over 6 million African American from Jim Crow south to northern cities in search of opportunity and to escape racial violence.
What was the Great Migration?
300
In high school, they called the "Greatest" Cassius Clay. He might have knocked you out if you called him that after he changed his name in 1960.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
300
Title given to a Black woman, usually older, that you respect and admire.
What is Queen?
400
The community of decendents of Africa, dispersed globally.
What is the African Diaspora?
400
In 2022 she became the 1st Black woman appointed to the high court: SCOTUS
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
400
The Black Lives Matter movement sparked worldwide protests after this tragic event.
What is the murder of George Floyd?
400
Hello, may we speak with Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio.
Who is Bad Bunny?
400
If you visit a "loctician," what are you having serviced?
What is your hair?
500
Genre of music that blends reggae, hip-hop, and Latin beats.
What is Reaggaton?
500
A graduate of DHS who currently represents Dundalk in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Kweisi Mfume?
500
This explosion of African-American art, culture, music, literature and activism that began in New York City in the mid-1900s.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
500
They could reach her by phone, but the government offered a reward for the capture of Araminta Ross, a true American heroine.
Who was Harriett Tubman?
500
The Negro National Anthem.
What is Lift Every Voice and Sing?