Music
This genre of popular music developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans, Latino Americans and Jamaicans in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s.
What is Hip-Hop?
This movie from a book by Alice Walker, staring Whoopi Goldberg, was released in 1985.
(Hint: it is also a Broadway production)
What is also The Color Purple?
The first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
Who is Jackie Robinson?
The years Barak Obama was elected and reelected President of the United States?
What are 2008 & 2012?
The year that Brown v. Board of Education was decided upon.
What is 1954?
This music artist is know as the "Queen of Soul"
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This all Black cast from 1978, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson, is a remake from a film made in 1939.
What is The Wiz?
This former professional boxer currently has a trademarked in-home cooking appliance.
Who is George Foreman?
This lady was the first African American woman in Congress (1968) and the first woman and African American to seek the nomination for president of the United States from one of the two major political parties.
Who is Shirley Chisolm?
This city hosted a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
The number of Grammy Awards held by Beyoncé.
(Hint: no less than 10, no more than 30)
What is 28?
Along with acting and writing, Richard Pryor is most know for doing.
What is Stand Up Comedy?
The number of Grand Slam titles won by Serena Williams (as of today, 2.25)
(hint: more than 10, less than 30)
What is 23?
The sorority that Vice President Kamala Harris is apart of
What is Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.?
Founded in 1960, in the wake of student-led sit-ins at segregated lunch counters across the South, this committee became the major channel of student participation in the civil rights movement.
This Gospel Artist was responsible for merging Christian music with Hip-Hop influences.
Who is Kirk Franklin?
In 1964, this man was the first African American actor and first Bahamian actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
(Hint: he passed away earlier this year)
Who is Sydney Poitier?
With a combined total of 32 Olympic and World Championship medals, this woman is tied as the most decorated gymnast of all time.
The first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957.
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?
This decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and inequality experienced by black people.
What is the Black Lives Matter movement?
This album by Michael Jackson, released in 1982, was his best selling album.
What is Thriller?
This director created many Black films including Do the Right Thing, Crooklyn, and School Daze.
Who is Spike Lee?
This man was the first African American football player to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961.
Who is Ernie Davis?
The current Vice President of Inclusive Excellence at Colorado State University.
Who is Dr. Kauline Cipriani?
This man was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi who was assassinated by a white supremacist.
Who is Medgar Evers?