Movies
This movie was a tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. After his imprisonment, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam.
What is Malcolm X?
This leader was the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that".
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
An American abolitionist and social activist. After escaping slavery, this person made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This artist is the best-selling R&B artist of all time, having sold over 89 million records in the United States.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This movie follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects.
What is Boyz n the Hood?
This leader was a founding member of NAACP and one of the foremost Black intellectuals of his era.
Who is W.E.B DuBois?
"Homey don't play that!"
Who is Homey D. Clown?
In April 2022, she made history as the first Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Known as the "Queen of Soul", she was also ranked No.1 in Rolling Stone’s “200 Greatest Singers of All Time.”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
This actor has been nominated for 10 Oscars.
Who is Denzel Washington?
Before Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, there was a brave 15-year-old who chose not to sit at the back of the bus.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
"Change will not come if we wait for some other people or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek"
Who is Barack Obama?
This woman is an American activist who helped the civil rights movement in Louisiana. She was the first child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white school in Louisiana.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
This person is considered the original founding father of Hip-Hop.
(150 points each if you can name the one or two of the other fathers)
Who is DJ Kool Herc?
This person is the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, for his performance in Lilies Of The Field.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
The co-founder of STAR, an organization that housed homeless queer youth, this Black trans woman and activist, was at the forefront of fighting for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and 70s.
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
"Did I do that?!"
Who is Steve Urkel?
In 1972, she became the first African American to run for a major party's nomination for President of the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
As a Jazz pianist and singer, she changed her name from her original name, Eunice Kathleen Waymon, as a disguise from her family.
Who is Nina Simone?
This movie depicts the growing up and self-realization of an African American woman in a small town in rural Georgia between 1909 and 1947.
What is the Color Purple?
She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
Who is Mae Jemison?
"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today"
(200 points if you know their original name)
Who is Malcolm X?
She was the first Black actor to win an Academy Award, winning Best Supporting Actress for her role in Gone With the Wind in 1940
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
In 1993, this famed producer co-founded Vibe Magazine.
Who is Quincy Jones?