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This 90s sitcom starred Will Smith as a Philly kid sent to live with rich relatives in California.
What is "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"?
Created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, this week-long celebration begins on December 26 and honors seven principles, with a candle lit on the kinara for each one.
What is Kwanza?
Made from ground corn and often served with shrimp, cheese, or butter, this creamy Southern breakfast staple can be found at any soul food brunch.
What are grits
"Rainy days fade away, when you come around..."
"Say you're here to stay with me"(Love, Keisha Cole)
USC Alum and Director of Creed, Sinners, and Black Panther
Who is Ryan Coogler
Who starred as Moesha Mitchell on the sitcom 'Moesha'?
Brandy
This dance move, popularized in a viral video, involves a shoulder-lean shuffle and gave its name to a 2016 Cam Newton celebration too.
What is the Dab?
Cooked in a tomato and pepper base, this one-pot West African rice dish sparks friendly rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana over who makes it best.
"I'm full of funky fever, a fire burns inside me..."
"Boogie's got me in a super trance"(Blame it on the Boogie, The Jacksons)
This Nation of Islam minister and civil rights leader told his story in a 1965 autobiography co-written with Alex Haley.
Who is Malcolm X
This ABC sitcom follows the Johnson family navigating identity, hosted by dad Dre and voiced by his narration.
What is "black-ish"?
This dance has steps like "Charlie Brown" and "reverse."
What is the Cha Cha Slide?
An enslaved Louisiana gardener named Antoine made this dessert’s key crop commercially possible in the 1840s by mastering the grafting of its trees, and the pie’s popularity took off in the 1930s after a popular brand began printing its recipe on product labels.
What is pecan pie?
"Sky is the limit, and you know that you can have..."
"what you want, be what you want"(Sky's the Limit, The Notorious B.I.G)
In 1993 she became the first Black woman to read a poem at a presidential inauguration, reciting “On the Pulse of Morning” for Bill Clinton.
Who is Maya Angelou
Instead of normal plot summaries, this FX show’s episode descriptions read like social media comments from a jaded, unimpressed viewer, complaining that the show is trying too hard to go viral or that an earlier season was better.
What is Atlanta?
Kicked off in 1971 by Melvin Van Peebles’ Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song and Gordon Parks’ Shaft, this 1970s film genre got its name from a blended word coined by L.A. NAACP leader Junius Griffin.
What is blaxploitation?
Though it was first domesticated in Southeast Asia, the rainforests of Central and West Africa became home to the world’s greatest variety of this starchy crop who's pronounciation is often debated.
What is plantain?
"Two Words: Chi-town, southside, worldwide..."
"Cause I rep that till I f*cking die"(Two Words, Kanye West)
In 2013 this L.A. rapper sold 1,000 copies of his Crenshaw mixtape for $100 each, and Jay-Z bought 100 of them.
Who is Nipsey Hussle
Airing from 1992 to 1997, this Detroit-set sitcom reunited Tisha Campbell and Tichina Arnold, who’d sung together in Little Shop of Horrors, as Gina and Pam.
What is Martin?
First performed by 500 schoolchildren in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1900 to honor Lincoln’s birthday, this song was written by brothers James Weldon and J. Rosamond Johnson.
What is Lift Every Voice and Sing?
Feeding Watts since 1939, this family-run burger spot began as a modest food stand started by a father who migrated from Arkansas to Los Angeles. It endured both the 1965 Watts riots and the 1992 Rodney King riots.
What is Hawkins House of Burgers?
"Close the door, bed or floor, I want more"(Cant Get Enough, Tamia)
Before leading a nation to independence and becoming its first president, this Pan-Africanist studied at Lincoln University, where he was initiated into Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity.
Who is Kwame Nkrumah?