Pop Culture
This movie coined the popular phrase "Bye Felicia".
What is Friday?
This television host became the first Black woman to own a TV studio and to be named a billionaire by Forbes.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Originally from Akron, OH he is the youngest number one draft pick into the NBA at the age of 18.
Who is LeBron James?
This famous abolitionist and Underground Railroad Conductor, made her daring escape from slavery in her twenties, going back to free over 70 slaves. The US treasury has resumed steps in placing her likeness on the next $20 bill.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
In 1998, this artist became the first Black woman to win five Grammys in one year.
Who is Lauryn Hill?
The Fresh Prince got in this amount of fights before his mom got scared.
What is one little fight?
This former Associate Justice and civil rights activist became the first Black person to sit on the Supreme Court in 1967.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This Tennis player was part of a famous sister duo and has won the most singles grand slams in an open era for both male and female, with a count of 23.
Who is Serena Williams?
This inventor made prominent advances in agricultural science, developing hundreds of products from peanuts and plants. He is also known as the "Peanut Doctor".
Who is George Washington Carver?
In this 2016 documentary, it argues that mass incarceration is an extension of slavery. It cites and is named after this constitutional amendment.
What is the 13th Amendment or "13th"?
In the film based on Alice Walker's novel, The Color Purple, approximately, how long did Sophia have to fight?
What is all her life?
This activist was the first Black person to desegregate an all-white school in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
In 1947, this famous baseball player broke the color barrier in Major League baseball, playing for this team.
Who is Jackie Robinson, and what is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
Later proven to be false claims, which fourteen year old black boy was lynched for "allegedly" whistling at a white woman?
Who is Emmet Till?
This author booked passage on a ship from Liberia to America, spending his nights lying on a board in the hold of the ship in nothing but his underwear. This was part of his research laying the framework for his critically acclaimed novel - Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
Who is Alex Haley?
In the film "Hidden Figures" actress Taraji P. Henson played this mathematician whose skills in orbital mechanics helped calculate the flight path of America's first crewed space mission and moon landing for NASA.
Who is Katherine G. Johnson?
This entrepreneur became the first Black female self-made millionaire due to their successful homemade hair care products.
Who is Madame CJ. Walker?
In 2013, this gymnast became the first Black woman to win the World All-Around Championship in gymnastics.
Who is Simone Biles?
This couple's Supreme court case ended the ban of interracial marriage laws in the U.S. in 1967.
Who is Richard and Mildred Loving?
This cultural movement took place in the 1920's and consisted of the thriving and expansion of Black arts.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
In the early 90’s, this diverse comedy show was created by Keenan Ivory Wayans and launched the careers of: Jim Carey, Jamie Foxx, Rosie Perez, Carrie Ann Inaba and Jennifer Lopez.
What is In Living Color?
This actress became the first Black performer to win an Academy Award for their role in the film "Gone with the Wind".
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
In 1936, this athlete became the first track and field athlete to win four Gold Medals at a Single Olympics game during the Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.
Who is Jesse Owens?
Daily Double: What are the names of the nine historically Black Greek letter fraternity and sorority organizations also known as the "Divine 9"?
What is Alpha Phi Alpha (The Alpha's), Alpha Kappa Alpha (The AKA's), Kappa Alpha Psi (The Kappa's), Omega Psi Phi (The Q’s), Delta Sigma Theta (The Delta's), Phi Beta Sigma (The Sigma's), Zeta Phi Beta (The Zeta's), Sigma Gamma Rho (The SGRoh's) and Iota Phi Theta (The Iota's)
This well known social activist, novelist, playwright and leader of the Harlem Renaissance from Joplin, Missouri penned the 1926 poem "I, Too Am America?"
Who is Langston Hughes?