history
In 2008, he became the first African American President of the United States.
Who is Barack Obama?
This book and movie profiled four women whose work as mathematicians played an important role in the US space program.
what is hidden figures
what kind of music came from the bronxs
what is Hip-Hop
Born Cassius Clay, he is the self-proclaimed greatest of all time in boxing and is know for rhymes like "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Who was Muhammad Ali?
This African American singer is one of the world's best-selling recording artists, having sold over 200 million records worldwide. Won Most Grammys ever
Who is Beyonce
This food is seasoned very well, it can be baked, it can be fried, or boiled. If not cooked correctly, it can cause salmonella.
A. Chicken
B. Potatoes
C. Twix
A. Chicken
This federal holiday happens on the 19th and commemorates the end of slavery in the United States
What is Juneteenth?
This famous movie highlights the time after the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king.
What is Black Panther?
what are three African music instruments?
drum, xylophone, shakers or rattles
Who is known as the fastest man in the world?
Who is Usain Bolt?
This African American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.
Who are The Temptations
This court case ended legal segregation in public schools
A. Plessy vs. Ferguson
B. Brown vs. Board of Education
C. Loving vs. Virginia
B. Brown vs. Board of Education
She triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a bus.
what is Rosa Parks
This movie documents the traumas and gradual triumph of Celie, an African American teenager raised in rural isolation in Georgia
What is The Color Purple
New orleans
In 1997, he was the first African American professional golfer to win the Masters Golf Tournament.
Who is Tiger Woods?
This African American singer, songwriter and pianist is sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Soul.
Who is Aretha Franklin
The first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress.
A. Queen Latifah
B. Halle Berry
C. Jada Pinkett Smith
B. Halle Berry
Who was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
They are the best-kept secret in the universe. Working for a highly funded yet unofficial government agency, the providers of immigration services and regulators of all things alien on Earth.
what is Men in black
Stevie Wonder wrote the song "Happy Birthday" for this famous civil rights leader. He also campaigned to have his birthday made into a national holiday.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet?
Who is Misty Copeland?
an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, pop, soul, gospel, funk, and jazz. Born in 1950 and just recently preformed at a Award show.
The inventor of peanut butter.
A. George Washington Carver
B. Colonel Sanders
C. Peter Pan
A. George Washington Carver
What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom?
Who was Harriet Tubman
The best and most successful black actor of all time. This actor and filmmaker had a career that spanned over four decades and made his film debut in the film industry in A Soldier’s Story (1984)
What is Denzel Washington
his King of Pop told you to change the world by starting with the man in the mirror.
Who was Michael Jackson?
an American former professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association for 319 weeks
what is Serena Williams
might have had a massively successful song in the 1990s, but her work in the 1980s is nothing to forget. Born in 1963.
Who is Whitney Huston
In what state did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat?
A. Alabama
B. Washington D.C
C. Louisiana
what is A. Alabama
Citizens enslaved in this state were last to be notified of their freedom.
What is Texas?
This actor, director, and narrator, best known for his deep voice, has seen a five-decade-long career. His acting career began in theatre at school when he starred in plays before ultimately studying the arts in Los Angeles.
What is Morgan Freeman
This famous Jazz singer was known as the lady of song and also performed duets with Duke Ellington and Luis Armstrong.
Who was Ella Fitzgerald?
the first professional black baseball player in Jim Crow America.
what is Jackie Robinson
When was Thriller the song released?
(guess within 1 years)
1991
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
A. 1860
B. 1863
C. 1870
What is A. 1863?