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Who was the first black supreme court justice?

Who is Thurgood Marshall

100

He told you "Started from the bottom" in 2013, who was he?

Who is Drake

100
In 2003, this Atlanta duo told you to "shake it like a Polaroid picture."

Who is OutKast

100

Why Isley Brothers song did Ice Cube use in "It was a good day?"

What is Foot Steps in the Dark
100

This artist's 1982 album Thriller became the best-selling album of all time

Who is Michael Jackson

200

Squabble Up is a sampled song, what is the original song?

What is When I Hear Music

200

This 2018 Marvel movie became the first superhero movie to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar?

Who is Black Panther

200

This Tyler Perry character first appeared in the 2005 film Diary of a Mad Black Woman.

Who is Madea

200

This 1991 film starring Ice Cube and Cuba Gooding Jr portrayed life in south central LA.

What is "Boyz in the Hood"

200

She starred in the 1985 film The Color Purple and later became a talk show legend

Who is Oprah Winfrey

300

Who was the FIRST person to refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus?

Who is Claudette Colvin

300

He became the first black quarterback to win NFL MVP since Steve McNair, in 2015.

Cam Newton 
300

Kanye West made a major 2000s hit using various Lauryn Hill and Chaka Khan samples

What is College Dropout 

300

This two sport 90's athlete hit a home run and scored a touchdown in the same week

Who is Bo Jackson

300

Known for "Sexual Healing," this soul icon was tragically shot in 1984.

Who is Marvin Gay
400

This Beyonce album and visual experience, released in 2020, celebrated Black culture worldwide.

What is Black Is King

400

This 2023 film was reimagined and released during Christmas time and was based on the 1985 classic, with a musical twist and starred Fantasia Barrino.

What is the Color Purple

400

This wide receiver made headlines for mooning (taking off his pants) on the Packers crowd in 2005, eventually getting fined for 10,000$

Who is Randy Moss

400

In what film did Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy play friends in prison?

What is "Life"

400

This actor and activist became the first Black person to win the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, for in the Heat of the Night.

Who is Howard Rollins

500

After 12 years in bondage, this man wrote a powerful account of his experience that became a best-selling narrative

Who is Solomon Northup

500

This rap mogul became part-owner of the Brooklyn Nets and helped bring the team to the Barclays center in 2012

Who is Jay Z?

500

This phrase, popularized by Cam'ron and the Dipset movement in the early 2000s, turned pink into a statement of masculine fashion

What is, "Real me wear pink."

500

This college basketball team known as the "Fab Five" reached back-to-back NCAA title games in the early '90s

Who is the Michigan Wolverines

500

This singer and actress was the first Black woman to headline a weekly TV drama with Julia and continued to act into the 1980s

Who is Diahann Carroll