Arts & Entertainment
What Michael Jackson album is the second best-selling album ever?
What is Thriller?
Who was the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship?
Who is Octavia Butler?
(Occurred in 1995)
Who is the first womxn to serve as Vice President of the United States?
Who is Kamala Harris?
This individual was the first African American to play on a major league baseball team.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This Amendment formally abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Who had a song become the longest-running number-one song since the chart debuted in 1958?
Who is Lil Nas X?
(Old Town Road)
This book, published in August of 2019 by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, discusses racism and privilege.
What is How to Be Anti-Racist?
Who was the first African American Billionaire and had a talk-show?
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
This individual is the second most decorated golf player in history.
Who is Tiger Woods?
This ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This late rapper was a student at the Baltimore School of Performing Arts where they took ballet and poetry classes.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
Who was a self-described "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,", who wrote poetry about civil rights, feminism, lesbianism, illness and disability, and the exploration of Black female identity?
Who is Audre Lorde?
Who was the first African American womxn to headline Coachella?
Who is Beyoncé?
This individual has made their own shoes for basketball and is one of the most decorated basketball players.
Who is Michael Jordan?
This is a holiday honoring the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in 1865.
What is Juneteenth (June 19th)?
The song “Hound Dog”, which was re-released by Elvis Presley, was originally released by this blues singer.
Who is Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thorton?
This womxn won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993, and published her first book in 1970.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This journalist and civil rights leader crusaded against lynching.
Who is Ida B. Wells-Barnett?
This individual was the first Black gymnast to win individual all around champion.
Who is Gabby Douglas?
What group was created by three radical Black organizers (Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi) to combat police brutality?
What is Black Lives Matter?
Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award?
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
Who was not only a novelist but a playwright, essayist, poet, and activist who collected his essays in Notes of a Native Son?
Who is James Baldwin?
Who was the first African American Millionaire and has a movie based on her life?
Who is Madam CJ Walker?
This individual was the first American womxn to win three gold medals in an olympics.
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
This person was a African American Muslim minister who was a important figure in the fight for civil rights and black racial pride.
Who is Malcom X?