Pop Culture
This rapper became the first hip-hop billionaire.
Who is Jay-Z?
This organization was founded in 1909 to advance civil rights through the courts.
What is the NAACP?
This NASA engineer became the first Black woman to lead a major NASA space center.
Who is Vanessa Wyche?
This Olympic sprinter became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track at a single Olympics.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
This Rochester street was once a nationally known center for Black jazz, culture, and nightlife in the early 20th century.
What is Clarissa Street?
This TV series created by Ava DuVernay explores the criminal justice system.
What is When They See Us?
This Black woman was the first elected to the U.S. Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This term describes the lack of diversity in scientific research and academia.
What is underrepresentation?
This NBA player was the first overall draft pick in 2003 and became a major social justice advocate.
Who is LeBron James?
This 1964 uprising in Rochester protested police brutality and housing discrimination.
What is the Rochester Rebellion?
This Black-owned streaming service highlights Black stories, films, and creators.
What is BET+?
This Supreme Court case ended legal segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This Black chemist helped develop synthetic materials used in modern plastics.
Who is Percy Julian?
This Black woman co-founded the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Who is Cheryl Miller?
This Black-led civil rights group played a major role in the Rochester Rebellion.
What is FIGHT (Freedom, Integration, God, Honor, Today)?
This fashion term refers to Black designers reclaiming and redefining luxury streetwear.
What is Afrofuturism?
This phrase describes discriminatory practices that deny services like housing or loans to Black communities.
What is redlining?
This historically Black college was the first to offer a four-year medical program.
What is Howard University?
This phrase refers to the unspoken barrier preventing Black athletes from leadership roles like head coach or GM.
What is the glass ceiling?
This Catholic priest and civil rights leader worked with Saul Alinsky to organize Rochester’s Black community.
Who is Father Florence?
This award show was created in 1969 to honor achievements in Black entertainment.
What is the NAACP Image Awards?
This Black woman poet and activist wrote “Ain’t I a Woman?”
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This sociological concept explains how race, class, and gender overlap to shape lived experience.
What is intersectionality?
This Olympic gymnast made global headlines in 2021 for prioritizing mental health, sparking international conversations about athlete well-being and pressure in elite sports.
Who is Simone Biles?
This institution was founded in Rochester to serve Black children excluded from public schools in the 1800s.
What is the Howard School?