Movies
“Bye Felicia!” Comes from this movie
Friday
She refused to give up her seat on a bus in 1955
Rosa Parks
This boxer famously said “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
Muhammad Ali
This rapper released the hit song “HUMBLE.” in 2017
Kendrick Lamar
This is an outdoor game where players try to throw beanbags into a hole on a board.
Cornhole
Eddie Murphy plays Prince Akeem in this classic comedy
Coming to America
This abolitionist led enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
This tennis champion has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles
Serena Williams
This Houston-born superstar released the album Dangerously in Love in 2003
Beyonce
This food usually disappears first at a cookout and is often smothered in barbecue sauce
Ribs
This Jordan Peele horror film features a man visiting his girlfriend’s strange family
Get Out
This baseball legend broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947 while playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson
This Olympic track athlete from Alabama won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Jesse Owens
This Chicago rapper released the album The College Dropout in 2004.
Kanye West
This green vegetable is often cooked with ham hocks or smoked turkey and seasoned with garlic and onion
Collard Greens
In this cult classic comedy, two cousins open a record store while navigating gangsters and neighborhood chaos
Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
This organization founded in 1909 played a major role in civil rights legal battles, including ending school segregation
NAACP
This athlete broke the long-standing home run record in Major League Baseball in 2007
Barry Bonds
This singer became famous for songs like “Respect” and is often called the Queen of Soul
Aretha Franklin
This creamy dish often sparks debates about who makes it best.
Mac and Cheese
This 1997 historical drama starring Denzel Washington tells the story of a wrongly imprisoned boxer
The Hurricane
This 1954 Supreme Court case ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
Brown vs. Board of Education
This NFL running back known as “Sweetness” played his entire career with the Chicago Bears
Walter Payton
This famous rapper and producer founded the record label Roc-A-Fella Records
Jay-Z
This is the classic phrase someone says when arriving late at a cookout and expecting to eat immediately
“Ya’ll saved me a plate?”