Black Excellence: Politics, Business, & Modern Leaders
This woman became the first Black and South Asian Vice President f the United States in 2021.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This global superstar released the album Renaissance and has the most Grammy wins in history.
Who is Beyoncé?
This handheld item, often found on Saturdays or Sundays, sometimes features a funeral home advertisement, and has saved many congregation members from the summer heat.
This civil rights leader delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This 2016 film tells the story of three Black women mathematicians who worked at NASA during the Space Race.
What is Hidden Figures?
This former U.S. president was the first African American elected to the nation's highest office in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?
This Harlem Renaissance poet wrote “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”
Who is Langston Hughes?
Grandma put these on in the living room so no one would mess up her "good chairs".
What are plastic couch covers?
This activist refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking a major boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This film portrays the 1965 voting rights marches from Selma to Montgomery led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What is Selma?
This television station was founded by Robert L. Johnson, America's first Black billionaire.
What is BET (Black Entertainment Television)?
Virgil Abloh, the first Black artistic director of menswear for Louis Vuitton, found this off-color designer brand.
What is Off-White?
When old school music starts playing at the family reunion, everybody gets in sync to do this dance.
What is the electric slide?
This organization, founded in 1966 by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, advocated for Black empowerment and community defense.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This 1992 film starring Denzel Washington and directed by Spike Lee tells the powerful story of the life and transformation of this person.
What is Malcolm X?
This business leader founded the popular clothing brand FUBU and is now an investor on the hit TV show Shark Tank.
Berry Gordy founded this record label that helped launch the careers of artists like Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, and Michael Jackson & the Jackson 5.
What is Motown Records?
This is something for your hair but only works if its well seasoned.
What is an edge brush?
This movement began in 2013 after the acquittal in the Trayvon Martin case and grew into a global call for racial justice.
What is Black Lives Matter?
This film tells the true story of a young man who was wrongfully convicted and later became a civil rights attorney fighting mass incarceration.
What is Just Mercy?
This voting rights activist and politicioan founded Fair Fight Action after running for governor in Georgia in 2018.
Who is Stacey Abrams?
This artist and filmmaker directed Black Panther and helped redefine representation in superhero films.
Who is Ryan Coogler?
You BETTER do this before your mama gets home!
Take that meat out the freezer!
This Supreme Court case ruled in 1954 that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This film directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan chronicles the lasy day of Oscar Grant's life, which sparked widespread protests and is considered an important document of 21st-century American history.
What is Fruitvale Station?