Black Music
He is the former lead singer of B2K.
Omarion
They were the first African American flying unit in the history of the US Military.
Tuskegee Airmen
“Slavery was a choice”
Who said it?
Kanye West
The Chicago Bulls defeated this team in Michael Jordan’s first NBA Finals appearance.
The Lakers
A spin-off of the Cosby Show, this sitcom is centered on the lives of students attending Hillman College.
A Different World
This famous group took the Midnight Train to Georgia.
Gladys Knight & the Pips
A world-renowned writer and anthropologist, as well as a prominent figure during the Harlem Renaissance, this author is best known for her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Zora Neale Hurston
This network of culturally connected communicators uses a social media platform to draw attention to issues of concern to Black communities and is the authority on who is cancelled.
Black Twitter
This gymnast was the first black woman to win gold in the all-around competition at 16 years old and the first American to win gymnast to win gold in both the individual and team all-around competition.
Gabby Douglas
Partially based on the web series Awkward Black Girl, this comedy-drama just received 11 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead and Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.
Insecure
This song was one of seven singles on Nicki Minaj’s third studio album, The Pinkprint, and features Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown. In the very first line of the track, Minaj explicitly denies having had any intimate relationships with Wayne or Drake.
Only
Portrayed by Taraji P. Henson in the movie, Hidden Figures, her mathematical contributions helped the NASA space program send astronauts into orbit around the Earth and later helped send them to the moon and back!
Katherine Johnson
One of this actor’s most talked about betrayals was his appearance on the Today Show, during which he attempted to invalidate his colleague, Gabrielle Union’s, experiences with racism in the workplace when she was a judge on America’s Got Talent.
Terry Crews
This Black athlete won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics held in Germany, discrediting Hitler’s master race theory and becoming the first American track & field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympiad.
Jesse Owens
In the hit Disney sitcom, That’s So Raven, this was the name of Victor Baxter’s restaurant.
The Chill Grill
In 2017 the debut single from Invasion of Privacy topped the US billboard Hot 100 charts for 3 consecutive weeks and was certified platinum. It has been heavily cited as one of the songs that defined the 2010s decade.
Bodak Yellow
This Black artist shot to international fame after she was commissioned to paint First Lady Michelle Obama’s portrait for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.
Amy Sherald
This Chicago rapper tried to revert his cancellation with an apology after his criticism of voters not standing behind Kayne West’s bid for presidency.
Chance the Rapper
Before Venus and Serena Williams dominated the tennis court, she became the first Black woman to compete on the World Tennis Tour and the first to win a Grand Slam in 1956.
Althea Gibson
This young man was Penny Proud’s rapper love interest in The Proud Family Movie.
With 79 Grammy nominations this producer has the most nominations ever, with the first being in 1960 and the most recent in 2001.
Quincy Jones
With a net worth $5 billion this is the richest Black person in the United States.
Robert F. Smith
This famous YouTuber and makeup artist has been called out on multiple occasions for racist and derogatory remarks he’s made against the Black community, more specifically Black women.
Jeffree Star
At the age of 2, she is the youngest owner of a sports franchise, co-owning the NWSL team nicknamed “Angel City”.
Olympia Ohanian
With a total of 254 episodes, this sitcom has aired more episodes than any other television series.
Tyler Perry’s House of Payne