Music & Pop Culture
Who is the most decorated female Olympic gymnast?
Simone Biles (Won 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals)
What year was the NAACP founded?
1909 in New York City
In 1921, a massacre occurred in this city, dismantling a thriving social and economic black community, coined “Black Wall Street.”
Tulsa, Oklahoma
While pallor in lighter skin tones is described white or ashen, in dark skin tones you will actually appear what color?
Gray
During the Jim Crow Era, which red and green fruit emerged as a booming business for black farmers and then was deemed “unclean” by white communities to decrease profits and further alienate black communities?
Watermelon
Stereotype: "All black people eat watermelon."
What 2-word line was sung by the crowd at Kendrick Lamar’s 2024 Super Bowl LIX halftime show?
"A minorrrrrrr"
Which president officially recognized Black History Month?
a. Jimmy Carter
b. Gerald Ford
c. Alexander Hamilton
Gerald Ford in 1976
The African religious and social practice of Yoruba has major communities in what US territory?
What condition is disproportionately impacting the health of Black people and worsened by chronic stress from discrimination and environmental conditions?
a. decreased cardiovascular health
b. knee osteoarthritis
c. diabetes mellitus
A. Decreased cardiovascular health
True or False: on average black girls hit puberty faster than non-black girls.
False - they have higher rates of childhood obesity and development of secondary sexual organs likes breasts and fat deposit at your hips and buttocks, which we align with puberty and sexual development.
Stereotype: "Black girls are fast."What is the name of Michelle Obama’s debut memoir?
What act was proposed as a way to combat the Black maternal health crisis?
a. Rural Maternal Health and Safety Act
b. Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act
c. Disability Access to Care Act
B. Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act
The Gullah and Geechee are ancestors of enslaved west africans who settled and maintained many of those cultures practices such as language, dress, and tradition. You can still see them selling their wares on King Street today and in several communities along the coastline and on islands of what 3 states?
Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
In a research article published by UVA, what percentage of medical students held false beliefs that African Americans had thicker skin, leading to increased pain tolerance and decreased sensitivity?
60%
In 1964, St. Augustine, Fl, what liquid did a hotel manager pour into the pool full of paying, black hotel guests?
Muriatic acid aka hydrochloric acid
Stereotype: "Black people can't swim."
What actor starred in the biopic "42" and broke barriers in the Marvel Universe with Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman
Under which US administrations did DEI initiatives begin and then end?
Lyndon B. Johnson and Donald Trump (boooo!)
What public activist provided the origin of Rastafarianism?
Marcus Garvey
Among racial/ethnic age groups in medium/small metro areas, in 2017, the highest rates of drug overdose deaths involving any opioid or synthetic opioids were in what demographic?
White/Caucasian, ages 25-34
This term refers to the tightest natural coiled texture of Black hair that often leads to shrinkage, causing it to appear much shorter.
4C
Stereotype: "Black women don't have hair."
Who said this quote “I tell my students, 'When you get these jobs that you have been so brilliantly trained for, just remember that your real job is that if you are free, you need to free somebody else. If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else. This is not just a grab-bag candy game.”
Toni Morrison (acclaimed American novelist and editor)
What infrastructure was implemented in Richmond in the 1950s that split the community in half, destroyed historical Black buildings, and disrupted the Jackson Ward District?
The Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike (I-95)
In the early 1990s, what Michigan city experienced a mass exodus of white residents after the population became majority black, often called the "White Flight"?
Detroit, Michigan
Black patients are more likely than white patients to be underdiagnosed with what mental condition during their first care visit?
Depression
The combination of medical mistrust of healthcare providers and cultural stigma surrounding mental illness in Black communities has led to significantly lower rates of seeking psychiatric treatment (25%), compared to 40% of white populations.
What artist won country album of the year in 2025?
Beyonce
Stereotype: "Black people only make rap music."