BLACK HISTORY
BLACK TV
BLACK MOVIES
BLACK FIRSTS
TYLER PERRY
100

What is the name of Michelle Obama's debut memoir?

Becoming

100

Set in Los Angeles, this father/son duo ran a commodity business?

Sanford and Son

100

Movie featuring fictional nation of Zamunda and a fast-food resturaunt named McDowell's

Coming to America

100

First Black US Supreme Court Justice

Thurgood Marshall

100

Tyler Perry is originally from what city?

New Orleans
200

What is Maya Angelou's first body of work?

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

200

The main character of this show owned a dry-cleaning business changing the social status of his family

The Jeffersons

200

Movie follows Tre Styles as he grows under the guidance of his father in South Central Los Angeles

 Boyz N The Hood

200

First Black woman to own and produce her own nationally syndicated talk show

Oprah Winfrey

200

Tyler Perry's iconic character Madea, lives in what city?

Atlanta

300

Who was the first African American model to be featured on the cover of GQ magazine?

Tyra Banks

300

This show mainly took place at the fictional, Hillman College?

A Different World

300

Which 1995 film follows four Black women whose friendship supports them through complicated romantic relationships and major life changes?

Waiting to Exhale

300

First black woman to serve as US Secretary of State

Condoleeza Rice

300

What was Tyler Perry's first play?

I Know I've Been Changed

400

Which Civil Rights Movement activist, known for her powerful singing voice, was also called the “Queen of Gospel”?

Mahalia Jackson

400

A crime television drama set in the fictional town of Sparta, Mississippi

In the Heat of the Night

400

Which musical drama explores the challenges Black recording artists faced while navigating the music industry during the 1960s and 1970s?

The Five Heartbeats

400
This was the first gospel artist debut a certified platinum album
Kirk Franklin
400

Name a movie Tyler Perry and Bishop T.D. Jakes co-wrote

Woman Thou Art Loosed

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Not Easily Broken

500

Who was the first Black American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress?

Whoopi Goldberg

500

Which sitcom was loosely inspired by the film Cooley High?

What's Happening!!

500

Black film centered around a group of college friends reuniting for a wedding while secrets from their past begin resurfacing through an upcoming novel

The Best Man

500

First winner of Sunday's Best who won a Grammy

Le'Andria Johnson

500

What is the name of Tyler Perry's only child?

Aman Tyler Perry