Music
This song famously boosted one of Nike's best selling shoes of all time and what artist made the hit.
Air Force 1's by Nelly
These two professional sports players are argued as the G.O.A.T.S to their respective sport.
Michael Jordan and Lebron James
This civil rights leader gave one of the most famous speeches in history, but most people only remember the feel-good part and not his calls for radical change.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
If your mom or grandma ever told you, “There’s food at the house,” you were probably about to eat this classic meal.
Ramen noodles
This document “freed” enslaved Black people, but only in states where the U.S. government had zero control at the time.
Emancipation Proclamation
What time was it when Usher was in his drop top cruising the streets?
7 o'clock on the dot
This sports player's name is commonly said by people when making an attempt to throw something into its place.
KOBE!
This historian made sure Black folks got more than a footnote in history books by creating what eventually became Black History Month.
Carter G. Woodson
Before Twitter and Instagram, the entire hood got their news and drama from this legendary cultural hub.
Barbershop/Beauty salon
This post-slavery plan was supposed to give Black families land and resources, but it got snatched back before it even got started.
40 Acres and a Mule
This song has set history as the most award winning diss track in history.
Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar
This quarterback peacefully protested police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem, and the NFL acted like he committed treason.
Colin Kaepernick
This Black leader didn’t preach nonviolence, wasn’t afraid of self-defense, and had the FBI so shook they called him “the most dangerous man in America.”
Malcolm X
If you ever ate a block of mysterious orange cheese or drank milk out of a government carton, you were part of this infamous food program.
WIC/Food Stamps
This once-secret FBI program actively worked to destroy Black leaders and movements, but now America wants to pretend it never happened.
COINTELPRO
This research outlet hosted Michael Jackson and notably called him a "Wacko Jacko" due to his changing appearance.
Saturday Sun
During the 1968 Olympics, these two track stars raised their fists on the podium to protest racial injustice, and America acted like they burned the flag.
Tommie Smith and John Carlos
Before Rosa Parks, this 15-year-old refused to give up her bus seat, but she was too dark-skinned and “unacceptable” for the civil rights movement to make her the face of the boycott.
Claudette Colvin
This person knew everyone’s business, gave questionable life advice, and probably still owes you $20.
Neighborhood OG
After white mobs burned down this thriving Black neighborhood in 1921, the city tried to charge the survivors for the damages.
Tulsa Race Massacre
This hip-hop group was considered such a “threat to national security” that the FBI sent them a warning letter for speaking out against police brutality.
N.W.A
This basketball legend was so dominant that the NBA literally changed the rules of the game to try and slow him down.
Wilt Chamberlain
This man escaped slavery, returned with a small army, and led the largest rebellion of enslaved people in U.S. history dubbed The Real-Life Django Unchained.
Nat Turner
This man had the master key to every apartment, knew all the neighborhood gossip, and could fix your sink… if you caught him on the right day.
Super
This U.S. government experiment let hundreds of Black men suffer from a curable disease just to “study” them.
Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment