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This hip-hop artist made his film debut in "Stomp the Yard"
Who is Chris Brown?
This popular television show, which originally aired from 1990 to 1996, starred Will Smith as a street-smart teenager from Philadelphia living with his wealthy relatives in Los Angeles
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire?
The first Black author to win the Nobel Prize in Literature (1986), celebrated for novels like Song of Solomon
Who is Toni Morrison?
Muhammad Ali's nickname
What is The Greatest?
The name of the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled segregation in public schools unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The first Black woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress (achieving this in 2002)
Who is Halle Berry?
The former lead singer of the popular group B2K
Who is Omarion?
In 1996, Michael Jordan starred in this famous movie
What is Space Jam?
This contemporary writer’s memoir Between the World and Me (2015) uses a letter format to explore race in America
Who is Ta-Nehisi Coates?
LeBron James has played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, L.A. Lakers, and this team
What is the Miami Heat?
This Black woman became the first major-party Black candidate for President of the United States in 1972
Who is Shirley Chrisholm?
The first Black woman model to be featured on the cover of GQ Magazine
Who is Tyra Banks?
The inventor of the modern gas mask in 1914, who also later patented an improved traffic signal in 1923
Who is Garrett Morgan?
This rapper released the iconic album "Illmatic" in 1994, often considered one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time
Who is Nas?
This 2017 film, directed by Jordan Peele, addresses issues of race in America through a horror-thriller narrative
What is Get Out?
This poet and activist wrote Still I Rise and became the first Black woman to recite a poem at a U.S. presidential inauguration (Bill Clinton, 1993)
Who is Maya Angelou?
The number of times Kobe Bryant won the NBA Championship
What is 5?
The first Black American Supreme Court Justice, appointed in 1967
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This Black American astronaut became the first person of Black descent in space, flying aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1983
Who is Guion S. Bluford Jr.?
This Black American inventor and agricultural chemist developed innovative methods for crop rotation and soil conservation, known as the “Carver System”
Who is George Washington Carver?
Soul Train was created and hosted by this TV presenter
Who is Don Cornellius?
This filmmaker directed the 2016 documentary “13th,” which explores the impact of the 13th Amendment on mass incarceration in the United States
Who is Ava DuVernay?
The title of Michelle Obama’s debut memoir
What is Becoming?
This sprinter set a world record in the 100m and 200m dashes at the 1988 Olympics, earning the nickname “The Fastest Woman Alive”
Who is Florence Griffith Joyner (Flo-Jo)?
This landmark piece of civil rights legislation, signed into law in 1965, aimed to eliminate barriers to voting for Black Americans
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
The first Black female millionarie
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This Black American neurosurgeon, known for his pioneering work in pediatric neurosurgery, became the first person to successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head
Who is Ben Carson?
The writer of "Life Every Voice & Sing" aka the Black National Anthem
Who is James Weldon Johnson?
This acclaimed filmmaker directed the historical drama “12 Years a Slave,” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2014
Who is Steve McQueen?
This Harlem Renaissance writer penned the iconic poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers and co-founded the Fire!! literary magazine
Who is Langston Hughes?
This Hall of Fame running back was the first Black quarterback to win a Super Bowl (MVP of Super Bowl XXII in 1988)
Who is Doug Williams?
The name of the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., in 1963, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous speech
What is March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
The first Black woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice
Who is Ketanji Brown?
This Black American mathematician and NASA scientist that was portrayed in the film “Hidden Figures” for her pivotal role in the early days of the U.S. space program
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The first Black American U.S. Secretary of State
Who is Colin Powell?
The first Black woman to be named principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater
Who is Misty Copeland?