Music
This artist is often referred to as the "Queen of Soul" and is known for hits like "Respect" and "Natural Woman"?
Who is Aretha Franklin?
The comedian who played Akeem in the film, Coming to America.
Who is Eddie Murphy?
How many times did Kobe Bryant win the NBA Championship?
Five
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous, "I Have a Dream" speech?
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
The first female self-made millionaire.
Who was Madam CJ Walker?
This person is known as the “Godfather of Soul” and is famous for hits like “I Got You (I Feel Good)” and “Papa’s Got a Brand-New Bag”.
Who is James Brown?
The first Black American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, earned for her role in “Ghost” in 1990.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
Jess Owens, considered one of the greatest athletes of his time, competed in this sport.
What is track & field?
The enslaved Black American that led the 1831 rebellion that resulted in the deaths of many white individuals and harsher laws against enslaved people
Who is Nat Turner?
The materials used in communication methods often employed by enslaved people when helping each other escape along the Underground Railroad.
What are songs, quilts, and secret codes?
Who is remembered as the "Queen of Jazz".
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This 30's cartoon character is actually inspired by Esther Jones, who's stage name was "Baby Esther".
Betty Boop
The MLB team on which Jackie Robinson debuted as a first baseman.
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
This influential Black American journalist and newspaper editor published “The North Star,” an abolitionist newspaper, and is often called the “Father of Black Journalism".
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This athlete, the older brother of Jackie Robinson, won 2nd place to Jesse Owens in the 1938 Summer Olympics 100-meter dash and broke the race's previous world record.
Who is Matthew "Mack" Daniels?
Hip-hop, a music genre characterized by its use of turntables and sampling, was founded in the 1970's in what city/town?
Bronx, New York
The first Black American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the film “Lilies of the Field” in 1963.
Who is Sidney Poitier?
What was Muhammad Ali's nickname?
The Greatest OR The Louisville Lip
This prominent Black American abolitionist and women’s rights advocate gave the “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech in 1851.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
This woman was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white person on a bus nine months before Rosa Parks famous arrest.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
The dance style and music genre that originated in Harlem, New York in the 1920s, often associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
What is swing and jazz?
This woman was the first African American to win an Oscar for their role in Gone with the Wind, the premiere of which they were unable to attend due to Jim Crow laws.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
The age at which Serena Williams won her first U.S. Open.
What is 17?
This Black American civil rights leader and educator served as the first president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and founded the Niagara Movement.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Robert Johnson, America's first black billionaire, founded and sold this cable television company in 2001 to earn his fortune.
What is Black Entertainment Television?