Sports & Athletes
He led the Chicago Bulls to 6 NBA titles, earned the league's MVP award 5 times and won 2 Olympic Gold medals as a member of the US Men's national Basketball team.
Who is Michael Jordan
Barack Obama was Senator for this state before he was elected as President of the United States.
What is Illinois
This was Beyonce’s First solo album.
What is Dangerously in Love
She starred as Annalise Keating in "How to Get Away with Murder" and is the third black woman in history to achieve EGOT status.
Who is Viola Davis
He is the first African American President & CEO of Exelon Corporation.
Who is Calvin Butler.
Number of times Kobe Bryant won a NBA Championship.
What is 5.
This singer headlined the Super Bowl LVII halftime show.
Who is Rihanna
This was Michael Jackson's debut album.
What is Off The Wall
This actor began his career as a rapper in 1986 when NBC picked up his hit TV show in 1990. Oh, and by the way he doesn't enjoy his wife's name being in anybody's mouth.
Who is Will Smith
This Exelon Executive Vice President previously served as a FERC Commissioner, a role that she was unanimously confirmed for by the U.S. Senate.
Who is Colette Honorable.
She broke Florence Griffith Joyner's 35 year old track record.
Who is Sha'Carri Richardson
This artist; known mostly for her music; is a pop culture phenom, with ventures in modeling, a spokeswoman for L'Oreal and Pepsi and a film production company.
Who is Beyonce
This African American woman won 5 Grammy awards in 1998.
Who is Lauryn Hill
The comedian/actor created two iconic TV shows in the 80's that represented and inspired black culture.
Who is Bill Cosby
He is Exelon's VP & Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer.
Who is Ronald Matthews.
She is the youngest African American Tennis player to win all 4 major tennis tournaments in the same year since Serena Williams.
Who is CoCo Gauf
African Americans influence on pop culture has largely been through this art form.
What is Music
This Legendary guitarist redefined the electric guitar's sound with his unique chordal techniques.
Who is Jimi Hendrix
Whoopie Goldberg won the Academy Award in 1991 for Best Supporting Actress for this movie.
What is Ghost.
In 1991 this Exelon company started the first chapter of Exelon African American Resource Alliance also known as EAARA.
Who is ComEd.
Jackie Robinson debuted in the MLB as first baseman for this team.
Who were the Brooklyn Dodgers.
This African American was the first black heavyweight champion and was the first African American pop culture icon. He was photographed more than any other black man of his day.
Who is Jack Johnson
These three musicians are credited as establishing Rock & Roll.
Who are Chubby Checker, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry.
Called the "Picasso of our profession" by Jerry Seinfeld, this comedian was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
Who is Richard Pryor.
What African country is PHI SVP of Government, Regulatory & External Affairs Rodney Oddoye a native of.
What is Ghana.