Music
Who did Doja Cat Sample her song "Paint the Town Red" From?
Dionne Warwick- “Walk On By”
Who was the first Black women basketball player
Lusia Harris- National Champion for Delta State University 1975-77 & the first woman to be drafted to the NBA in 1977 7th round pick for the New Orlean Jazz
Who played Dorothy in the movie “the Wiz”?
Diana Ross
This women was the creative director of the US Census Bureau’s Census 2000, where she redesign and encourage previously underrepresented citizens to participate
Sylvia Harris
First female self made millionaire
Madam C.J. Walker
Who did Kris Kross sample their song Jump from?
The Jackson 5- “I want you back”
Who was the first African American to win an Olympic Gold?
John Baxter Taylor –won for 1600 meter relay race in the 1908 London Games broke records once blacks were allowed to participate in the 20th century
Who produced the soundtrack from the movie “the Wiz”
Quincy Jones
Who Designed the Al Pacino Rolling Stone interview cover?
Gail Anderson and Fred Woodward
Who created the annual fashion event for black Americans: the Ebony Travelling Fashion Fair?
EUNICE JOHNSON
Which former duo has the highest selling hop hop record of all time?
Outkast “Speakerboxx / Love Below”
Who is the current highest paid black athlete?
Kylian Mbappe- Paris Saint-Germain soccer player (120 million) soon to be Real Madrid player
Who played the scarecrow in the movie “the wiz”
Michael Jackson
How many designers (based on the 2022 census) identify as black?
3%
Who was the first Black supermodel
Donyale Luna
What year was hip hop officially added to the Grammy’s as a category?
1989
True or False: The wiz is back on broadway
True
Who is the Black engineer known for creating video games as we know it today?
Jerry Lawson made history by leading a team of engineers in 1976, which created the first home video game console to use interchangeable game cartridges
Who did Harry Styles sample Day Dreamin from?
Ain’t We Funkin’ Now – The Brothers Johnson