Black History
The first Black Major League Baseball player, who broke the color barrier in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This Shonda Rhimes series follows a high-powered defense attorney and law professor played by Viola Davis.
What is How to Get Away with Murder?
This former NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorney argued and won 29 cases before the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This artist’s famous diss track won 5 Grammys for all 5 nominated categories.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The author of The Souls of Black Folk, who helped found the NAACP.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
The first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Who is Halle Berry?
This 1857 Supreme Court decision ruled that Black people were not U.S. citizens and had no rights under the Constitution.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This gymnast became the most decorated in history after winning their 8th national championship in 2023.
Who is Simone Biles?
The amendment that protects you from cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
Known as the first self-made Black female millionaire in America. She built her fortune by creating and selling hair care products.
Who is Madam C.J Walker?
This 1991 film starring Ice Cube and Cuba Gooding Jr. explores life in South Central Los Angeles.
What is Boyz n the Hood?
The Black female lawyer who coined the word “intersection”
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?
These two female athletes featured on the cover of Vogue’s 2025 Winter issue.
Who are Angel Reese and Gabby Thomas?
The standard of proof required for a criminal conviction.
What is "beyond a reasonable doubt"?
This 1965 event, where peaceful marchers were attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, became known as "Bloody Sunday.
What is the Selma to Montgomery March?
He performed in the 2021 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Who is The Weeknd?
She was the first Black woman to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Constance Baker Motley?
This Black woman became the youngest self-made billionaire in 2023.
Who is Rihanna?
The amendment that protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
She became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968 and later ran for president in 1972.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
“Insecure” star and creator Issa Rae co-owns this coffee shop in LA.
What is Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen?
The Supreme Court ruled in this case that race-based affirmative action in college admissions was legal but with limitations.
What is Grutter v. Bollinger?
The first Black mayor of Los Angeles, elected in 2022.
Who is Karen Bass?
The landmark case that established the right to an attorney if you cannot afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?