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In the true-life story of Hotel Rwanda, this actor plays Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during the Rwandan genocide.
Who is Don Cheadle
It's show time at this Harlem Theater that began hosting it's amateur night in 1934, and has since had a number of hosts, including Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Lawrence, Steve Harvey, Anthony Anderson, Sinbad, and Mo'Nique.
What is The Apollo Theater
The Jumpman is a symbol featured on this signature shoe
What are Jordans
The current Celtics starters include Derrick White, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Kristaps Porzingis and this player formerly from the Philadelphia 76ers
Who is Jrue Holiday?
This woman was the first African American woman to become a physician, graduating from the New England Female Medical College in Boston
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler
This 1985 movie was based on a Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Alice Walker and featured Best Actress nominee Whoopi Goldberg as "Celie."
What is The Color Purple
These brothers, produced, directed, and starred in their own comedy series in 1990.
Who are The Wayans Brothers
The fashion statement of wearing a beret and black leather jacket symbolizing unity and strength, was popularized by this group.
In addition to basketball, Steph Curry plays what sport?
What is golf?
The Tuskegee Experiment or Tuskegee Syphilis Study was an improper study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and this agency on a group of nearly 400 African American men with syphilis.
What is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Chadwick Boseman starred as this popular singer in the film Get on Up?
Who is James Brown
Eddie Murphy struck comedic gold when he stared as this prince in Coming To America?
Who is Prince Akeem
Virgil Abloh was best known for being the artistic director of which brand?
What is Louis Vuitton
Nicknamed "Bayou Barbie" and "Chi Barbie", this WNBA player is was drafted by the Chicago Sky.
Who is Angel Reese
HeLa cells, unique in that they could kept alive and would also grow indefinitely were taken from this African American woman unknowingly, in the midst of being diagnosed with terminal cervical cancer
Who is Henrietta Lacks
The sitcom Fresh Prince of Bel-Air starring Will Smith as a teenager from West Philadelphia first aired in what year?
What is 1990?
The comedic film “Girls Trip” featured Regina Hall, Jada Pinkett Smith and Queen Latifah, and this breakout star and comedienne
Who is Tiffany Haddish
The first Black model to appear on the cover of American Vogue in August 1974
Who is Beverly Johnson
First Black Tennis Player to Win Three Grand Slam Titles and still the only Black man ever to win the singles titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open and launched an AIDS foundation for further research after his own diagnosis.
Who is Arthur Ashe
Though traditionally a place for saving money, Charles Drew, M.D., developed ways to process and preserve blood plasma in these?
What is a blood bank
This award winning actor was the second African-American actor to ever win an Academy Award and the first to ever be nominated and win in the Best Actor category. He also won a Grammy in 2000 for Best Spoken Word Album and has since been honored by the Academy Awards, "in recognition of his accomplishments as an artist and as a human being."
Who is Sidney Poitier
Dave Chappelle known for The Chappelle show and movies such as Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Undercover Brother and Half Baked was born in Washington D.C. but currently calls this state home
What is Ohio
With the rise of hip-hop black moguls began launching their own brands, such as this brand led by Queens native Daymond John
What is FUBU
Jack Johnson was the first Black boxer to win this title
What is the heavyweight
Patricia Bath was an ophthalmologist who invented laser surgery for treatment of this illness, significantly improving the treatment options for blindness
What is cataracts