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Renowned musical artist Beyoncé found her original debut in this musical group
What is Destiny’s Child?
Every Black mom
This hair cloth (oftentimes silk) popularized by African Americans in the 1960s is commonly used to protect hairstyles when sleeping and lounging
What is a durag?
The abbreviation BLM became the motto of protests in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd
What is Black Lives Matter?
She is known for returning to the antebellum South to emancipate over 300 slaves over 8 times
Who is Harriet Tubbman?
He is still considered the “King of Pop”
Who is Michael Jackson?
This is something black people (generally) do NOT f with
(Open to host) What are ghosts, the supernatural and/or demons?
This is a popular ingredient in black friendly skin products comes from a tree by the same name
What is Shea/ Shea Butter?
This term is also known as BIPOC works to include a number of ethnic communities by expanding the original term POC
What is Black, Indigenous and People of Color?
This is the first Disney movie to star an African-American princess
What is the Princess and The Frog?
When gaining his freedom and eventually sailing for the US Navy fighting against Confederates he eventually bought his previous master’s house
Who is Robert Smalls?
Following a trend of 2020, when a white person earned a Black person’s respect they would say “They are invited to the-“ this
What is cookout/the cookout?
This Goddess of Love and Beauty her nickname Melainis meaning “the Dark One” led some to consider whether it may have been referring to her skin rather than her disposition
Who is Aphrodite?
This is what the abbreviation YMCA originally meant
What is the Young Men’s Christian Association?
Touissant Le’Overture led this revolution one of the first and most successful organized slave revolts
What is the Haitian Revolution?
She was the first African American woman to star in a motion picture and worked as a spy for the American government during WWII to boot.
Who is Josephine Baker?
An cab driver in 2018 said to one of the producers of this widely circulated and popularized Marvel movie that he knew they were making a movie about black people as he had never driven so many to the cinema
What is Black Panther?
The oldest depictions of black hairstyles such as braids, cornrows and Afros can be found in this country's hieroglyhics
What is Egypt?
This organization had notable members such as W E B DuBois and is known shorthand as the NAACP
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
This is the number of Black Congressmen currently serving the US government
What is 58?
Best known as a poet and civil rights activist, one of her most popular publications says "Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I am not cute or built to suit a fashion model size. But when I start to tell them, they think I'm telling lies."
Who is Maya Angelou?
The iconic partnership of Marvin Gaye and Tami Terrell produced this song originally popularized in 1967 and was later performed by Diana Ross, making it a recurring hit.
What is "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"?
She became the first African American woman millionaire after developing a hair growth formula
Who is Madam C J Walker?
The identities also known as the LGBTQIA+ has a great overlap of members within the Black community
What are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual?
This is the oldest African language to date
What is Bantu?