HISTORY
Who delivered the "I have a dream speech" at the Lincoln Memorial?
Martin Luther King, Jr.
This popular host, who took over The Daily Show, wrote an autobiography called "Born a Crime". Name him.
Trevor Noah
Which actress was the first black woman to win best actress at the Academy Awards?
Halle Berry
What Proud Mary singer married a man called Ike?
Tina Turner
Valentine's Day is celebrated on what day?
February 14
What was the name of the cultural renaissance that happened in the 1920's.
Harlem Renaissance
What author wrote "Between the World and Me" and the "Water Dancer"?
Ta-Nehisi Coates
This 2017 movie involved a trip to New Orleans for the Essence Festival, and starred Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall, and Tiffany Haddish.
Girls Trip
Which famous singer is getting her own biopic in 2020, starring Jennifer Hudson and R-E-S-P-E-C-T?
Aretha Franklin
What is the name of the God of Love? [either the Greek or Roman name will be accepted]
Eros or Cupid
The Tuskegee Airmen fought in what world war?
World War II
This author won the Pulitzer Prize for her book "Beloved." What is their name?
Toni Morrison
Jamie Fox and Michael B. Jordan star in this 2020 movie, about the real life of American lawyer Bryan Stevenson and his fight to provide legal representation to individuals that have been wrongly convicted, poor prisoners without effective representation, and for individuals on death row.
Just Mercy
What Queens based rappers teamed up with Aerosmith to "Walk this Way"?
Run DMC
Chocolate
What was the movement called that championed freeing slaves in the late 18th century?
abolition
Bernardine Evaristo recently tied with Margaret Atwood for last year's Man Booker Prize, and became its first Black British winner. A book that covers follows 12 Black British women as their lives interconnect, what is its title?
Girl, Woman, Other
Gone With the Wind
What hip hop group wrote the song "Rapper's Delight" with the lyrics "I said a hip hop the hippie the hippie / To the hip hip hop and you don't stop / The rock it to the bang bang boogie / Say up jump the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat"?
Sugarhill Gang
What year was O magazine first published?
2000
Which place/lunch counter was the site of the 1963 lunch counter sit ins? (1/2 credit will be given if you know either/or)
Woolworth's in Greensboro
Which author wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"?
Zora Neale Hurston
This man was the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1963, in the movie Lilies of the Field. What is his name?
Sidney Portier
Which famous musician played at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, and is often hailed as the greatest guitarist in history?
Jimi Hendrix
What pagan celebration was thought to be the origins of Valentine's Day?
Lupercalia