Black Girl Magic
This track star, known as the "Fastest Woman in the World," is famous for her colorful hair and long nails.
Who is Sha'Carri Richardson?
Maya Angelou wrote the famous empowering poem titled "Still I ______."
What is Rise?
This actor played "T'Challa" and brought the phrase "Wakanda Forever" to the world.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
This rapper and businessman became hip-hop's first billionaire.
Who is Jay-Z?
He is the NBA’s all-time leading scorer.
Who is LeBron James?
This creator and star of Insecure paved the way for modern Black storytelling on HBO.
Who is Issa Rae?
James Brown sang it loud: "Say it loud—I'm Black and I'm ______!"
What is Proud?
She is the creator of hit shows like Grey's Anatomy and Scandal.
Who is Shonda Rhimes?
This brand changed the makeup industry by launching 40 different shades of foundation.
What is Fenty Beauty?
The ideas of this 1960s civil rights activist clashed with Dr. MLK Jr.'s philosophy of peaceful protest.
The American Ballet Theater's first black female principal dancer, she was also the first to dance to "Swan Lake" for the ABT.
Who is Misty Copeland?
A common saying in the community for when someone is being too nosy: "Mind the business that ______ you."
What is Pays?
Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson played a married couple raising their family in this hit ABC comedy.
What is black-ish?
This former athlete to becoming a powerhouse in business, owning movie theaters, Starbucks franchises, and a piece of the LA Dodgers.
Magic Johnson
This city is known as the "Hometown of Hip Hop," where the genre was born in 1973.
What is the Bronx (NYC)?
This poet read her famous work "The Hill We Climb" at the 2021 Presidential Inauguration.
Who is Amanda Gorman?
Sojourner Truth’s most famous speech is titled, "Ain't I a ______?"
What is Woman?
In the movie Friday, Ice Cube famously tells a character to "Bye, ______."
What is Felicia?
This actress and mogul founded Pattern Beauty and is the first Black woman to own her own hair care line at many major retailers.
This university in Washington, D.C., is often called "The Mecca" of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Howard University
She was the first African American—man or woman—to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1950 for her work Annie Allen.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks?
"_________ is to Feminist as purple is to lavender." - Alice Walker
Womanist
He is the first Black man to achieve "EGOT" status (winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony).
This billionaire and philanthropist famously paid off the student loan debt for the entire 2019 graduating class of Morehouse College.
Who is Robert F. Smith?
The subject of a Norman Rockwell painting, in 1960 this woman made history by integrating an all-white school in New Orleans.
Who is Ruby Bridges?