History
This day, now a federal holiday, celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865.
What is Juneteenth?
This mockumentary-style sitcom created by Quinta Brunson follows teachers at a struggling Philadelphia elementary school.
What is Abbott Elementary?
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What is The devil is a liar?
What is a cookout phrase that means the food is ready?
What is, "Yall can go ahead and eat"/"Yall go ahead and fix yourself a plate"
This rapper and business mogul became hip-hop’s first billionaire and is married to Beyoncé.
Who is Jay-Z?
This 2013 movement began after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin
What is Black Lives Matter?
This 2017 horror film directed by Jordan Peele used social commentary and suspense to explore racism in America.
What is, Get Out?
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What is God don’t like ugly?
The moment someone pulls out a deck of cards the competitive trash talk begins immediately.
What is Spades?
This actor became a worldwide icon for portraying King T’Challa in Black Panther.
Who is Chadwick Boseman?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This classic comedy series created by Keenen Ivory Wayans launched the careers of stars like Jim Carrey and Jamie Foxx.
What is In Living Color?
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What is Stay outta grown folks business?
What’s something you have to do before eating the mac and cheese at the cookout?
This athlete broke Major League Baseball’s color barriers in 1947.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This organization, founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, started free breakfast programs and community patrols.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This Netflix series about drug dealing in Los Angeles became one of FX’s most acclaimed dramas, starring Damson Idris.
What is Snowfall?
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What is fix your face before I fix it for you?
What is it called when the function started at a certain time and people come late.
What is CPT(Color People Time)/BPT(Black People Time)?
This actress became the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Monster’s Ball.
Who is Halle Berry?
This African nation was the first to gain independence from European colonial rule in 1957.
What is Ghana?
This 1985 film directed by Steven Spielberg was based on Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel and starred Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey.
What is The Color Purple?
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What is, Your either gonna be in inside or outside?
If you leave a gathering without doing this, someone’s auntie will definitely call you “brand new.”
What is speaking to everybody before you leave?
This filmmaker was the first Black person to win the Academy Award for Best Director for 12 Years a Slave.
Who is Steve McQueen?