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R&B artist famous songs for "Thinkin about you" which was remastered for Vine as a popular voice trend which said " a potato flew around my room"

Who is Frank Ocean?

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 Notes of a Native Son (1955), The Fire Next Time (1963), Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), and Sonny's Blues (1957). Are titles from some of this figures most famous writings. 

Who is James Baldwin?

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Rihannon Giddens is a leading educator in making the public aware that this musical instrument was made by black enslaved Americans before it became a white musical instrument 

What is the Banjo?

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Keke Janajah is the first to choreograph and popularize the _____ dance by Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé on tiktok in 2021

What is Savage?

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This music trio made the hit song "Waterfalls" which also depicts a conversation around HIV 

Who is TLC?

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a New Orleans superstar who's voice is sampled in many songs like Beyoné's "formation", "Break my soul" and,  Drake's "In my feelings'. A music legend for New Orleans Bounce Music.  

Who is Big Freedia?

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would cheekily tell people the "P" stood for "pay it no mind" — was an outspoken transgender rights activist and is reported to be one of the central figures of the historic Stonewall uprising of 1969.

Who is Marsha P. Johnson?

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She has improved the design the Straightening comb, became a self made millionaire, and grown an empire of direct sales, with a Netflix show retelling her story and has a queer daughter.

Who is Madame CJ Walker?

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_____ were created in the US in 1950 and became popular with Hollywood stars. However, the first black woman to be on the cover of Vogue, African-American model Donyale Luna most notably wore them on the cover of Twen Magazine in 1966._____then appeared on the salon scene in the 1970s and became associated with black 70s Disco stars such as Diana Ross and Donna Summers who wore colourful square tipped ______ 

What are Nails?

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_______became the first drag queen to be awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2018.

Who is Rupaul?

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She identifies as pansexual had a fabulous performance in Glass Onion, Nominated for many Grammy's for her music, and is an activist for woman's and LGBTQ+ rights

Who is Janelle Monae?

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 Black transgender woman and activist at the forefront of the fight for trans rights. She faced many hurdles during her life — including homelessness and incarceration — and it's these challenges that fueled her activism and is referred to as "Mama"

Who is Miss Major Griffin?

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Morgan devised the "safety hood," a precursor to the _____, which went over the head, featured tubes connected to wet sponges that filtered out smoke and provided fresh oxygen.

What is a Gas Mask?

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____ & zoot suits are two of the most notable and influential clothes to originate in the Black community during the 1920s. Alford’s research publications include an article

What are flapper dresses?

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Female lesbian rapper has won a Grammy in 1995 for her Hip-Hop album and started in famous Musical Chicago

Who is Queen Latifah?

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This rapper represents Florida with a hit song called "Material Girl"  

Who is Saucy Santana?

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Has a famous documentary on HBO MAX and queer Jamaican psychic fortune teller who lived in Palm Beach County.

Who is Miss Cleo?

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Chicago is the Mecca for this genre of music and invented by black and primarily gay DJ's

What is House Music?

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Black Athletes, Hip-Hop, and urban artist are the fundamental influence for this sub culture serving as the largest consumer of the business. 

What is Sneakerhead Culture?

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Robert Johnson became the first African American billionaire when he sold the cable station he founded, _______ in 2001 

What is BET (Black Entertainment Television)?

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This rapper attended the University of West Georgia for one year before dropping out to create music whilst working at Zaxby’s and Six Flags. They would later go on to win two Grammys and a Music & Sound Recordings Award for there "country rap" record that was also named Musical Event of the Year at the CMA Awards in 2020.  

Who is Lil Nas X?

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a dancer, choreographer and the "Grandfather of Vogue," the dance style that he helped propel to the national stage.

Who is Willi Ninja?

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George Crum invented the first _______ when working in a New York restaurant as a chef and later opened his own restaurant serving a table each a bowl of this appetizer 

What are potato chips?

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The invention of ______ dates back as far as the Bronze age and 4th Century Africa – Sudan in particular which was then named Nubia – where they were constructed from bronze, silver and gold. _____ were also an essential accessory for Egyptians, in addition to the Gadaba tribe of India and the Hmong women of Vietnam.

What are Hoop Earings?

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The first black secretary of state.  

Who is Colin Luther Powell ?