Music
The singer of the eight Grammy Award-winning "Thriller."
Who is Michael Jackson?
The actress/singer in the most recent adaptation of The Little Mermaid.
Who is Halle Bailey?
African American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line
(Double points for the history!)
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
Lacks was the unwitting source of these cells from a tumor biopsied during her treatment for cervical cancer at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1951. These cells were then cultured by George Otto Gey, who created the cell line known as HeLa, which is still used for medical research.[9] As was then the practice, no consent was required to culture the cells obtained from Lacks's treatment. Neither she nor her family were compensated for the extraction or use of the HeLa cells.
The city where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech.
Where is Washington D.C.?
The famous NBA player holds the record of the oldest NBA player to earn a triple-double in NBA history.
Who is Lebron James?
The artist with the most Grammy wins.
Who is Beyoncé?
In the mid-1960s, the hairstyle became popular among members of the Black Panther Party.
What is afro?
A study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on a group of nearly 400 African American men with syphilis, as well as a control group without.
(Double points for History lesson!)
What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
The purpose of the study was to observe the effects of the disease when untreated, to the point of death and autopsy. Although there had been effective treatments to reduce the severity of the disease since the 1920s, the use of penicillin for the treatment of syphilis was widespread as of 1945. This is also the reason we have IRBs now!
A famous historically Black College or University (name any to get points)
Double points if you know which one Janet went to.
What is Howard?
The sisters that have 14 grand-slam double titles together
Who are Serena and Venus Williams?
Kendrick Lamar's biggest song of 2017
What is Humble?
A cosmetics brand of Rihanna and LVMH.
What is Fenty Beauty?
This agricultural scientist developed over 300 products from peanuts, including dyes and plastics, to combat soil depletion in the South.
Who is George Washington Carver?
The intellectual and cultural movement of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics, and scholarship centered in New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The sport that Jesse Owens dominated in the 1936 Olympic Games
What is track and field?
Famous for their androgynous appearance and their biggest ballad, “Purple Rain. (Fun fact! He is from Minnesota.
The actor and now musician who played Andre in Victorious.
Who is Leon Thomas?
This mathematician’s calculations for NASA were critical to the success of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The movement of five million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1910 and 1970.
What is the Great Migration? Sometimes known as the Great Northward Migration or the Black Migration
The team that had the first Black person,Willie O'Ree, in the NHL in 1958.
What is the Boston Bruins?
Soul and R&B artist, also known as the “Queen of Soul,”
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Famous author whose works include Sula, The Bluest Eye, and Beloved.
Who is Toni Morrison?
The United States' first female African-American space traveler
Who is Mae C. Jemison?
The first major-party black candidate to run for president.
Who is Jesse Jackson?
The year Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier when he entered into baseball's National Leasgue
When was 1947?