Sports
This NBA basketball player scored 81 points in a single game.
Kobe Bryant
T'Challa, known as the Black Panther was played by which famous actor.
Chadwick Boseman
Who was the first African American millionaire?
Madam C.J Walker
This song is widely known as the Black National Anthem.
Lift Every Voice
This gymnast owns the most world medals in U.S. history.
Simone Biles
Name the famous American sitcom that depicted a successful black family, that aired from 1984 to 1992.
The Cosby Show.
America's first African American supreme court justice.
Thurgood Marshall
Which city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of hip hop?
The Bronx, NY
This WNBA basketball player became the first player to dunk during a game in 2002.
Lisa Lesile
Name the famous director responsible for striking horror/thriller films such as Get Out and Us.
Jordan Peele
This South African leader spent 27 years in prison for fighting against apartheid (which is South Africa’s institutionalized system of white supremacy and racial segregation).
Nelson Mandela
An invitation to this gathering is not easy to come by, just one mistake and your access can/will be immediately revoked.
The Cookout
This NFL football player earned a 4.2 GPA while attending Stanford University.
Richard Sherman
Name the infamous director who is responsible for classic films such as Do The Right Thing, She's Gotta Have It, and Crooklyn.
Who is Spike Lee?
What is the name of the first historically black college/university in America?
Cheyney University
Motown music derives it's name from what U.S city?
Motor Town, Detroit
Name the Puerto Rican professional baseball right fielder who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Roberto Clemente
This California native has the great ability to bring historic events to life, this director is responsible for films such as Selma, When They See Us, and the 13th.
Ava DuVernay
After serving seven terms in the United States Congress, this person became the first African American candidate for a major party's nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This Renaissance man has a gift for producing, composing, arranging, and performing. His work has influenced artists like Michael Jackson and Frank Sinatra and his keen ear and talents have made him the all-time most nominated Grammy artist in history.
Quincy Jones
This Major League Baseball team won the 2020 World Series.
Who are the Los Angeles Dodgers?
British actor Damson Idris stars as this character in Snowfall, the acclaimed crime drama created by the late John Singleton.
Who is Franklin Saint?
This modern figure led his team to Super Bowl XLVII before sacrificing his professional career to raise public consciousness of police brutality in America, paving the way for more athletes to devote their platforms to activism.
Who is Colin Kaepernick?
In 2018, he was named the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's Men's ready-to-wear line and has a very famous fashion mentor and friend named Kanye West.
Virgil Abloh
This NFL team is tied with the New England Patriots for the most Superbowl victories in league history.
Who are the Pittsburgh Steelers?
This NBA star played Jesus Shuttleworth in He Got Game.
Who is Ray Allen?
This extraordinary woman helped to expose the practice of lynching in the South, fought fervently for woman's suffrage in the early 1900s, and was one of the original founders of the NAACP.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
With a total of 28 awards and 79 nominations, this person is the most awarded and nominated woman, the most awarded singer, and the second-most awarded person in Grammy history.
Who is Beyoncé?
This Chicago legend became the youngest MVP in NBA history during the 2010-2011 season.
Who is Derrick Rose?
This was the first African American family sitcom
What is GOOD TIMES?
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
This popular rap artist’s real name is Nayvadius Wilburn
Who is Future?