TV Sitcoms
Will Smith played a fictionalized version of himself in this 90s hit.
What is The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
She wrote the memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Who is Maya Angelou?
The fictional African nation in Black Panther.
What is Wakanda?
"It's close to midnight, and something evil's ____ in the dark."
What is Lurking? - Thriller
A famous distinct style of music and dance created by African Americans in New York in the 70s.
What is Hip Hop?
This show about an advertising exec featured the Johnson family.
What is Black-ish?
A leader of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote "The Weary Blues."
Who is Langston Hughes?
He voiced Mufasa in The Lion King and is the voice of CNN.
Who is James Earl Jones?
"Stop! In the ____ of love."
What is Name? - The Supremes
He is the most famous Neo-expressionist painter of the 1980s, known for his crown motif.
Who is Jean-Michel Basquiat?
A spinoff of The Cosby Show set at a fictional HBCU.
What is A Different World?
She became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
Spike Lee directed this film about a hot summer day in Brooklyn.
What is Do The Right Thing?
"I like big ____ and I cannot lie."
What is Butts? - Sir Mix-a-Lot
This photographer is famous for capturing the Great Depression and "American Gothic."
Who is Gordon Parks?
Quinta Brunson created and stars in this mockumentary set in Philadelphia.
What is Abbott Elementary?
He wrote The Fire Next Time and Notes of a Native Son.
Who is James Baldwin?
The first Black person to win an Oscar (for Gone with the Wind).
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
"To the left, to the left, everything you own in a ____ to the left."
What is Box? - Beyoncé
She paints the official portraits of the Obamas (specifically Michelle).
Who is Amy Sherald?
This 70s sitcom featured junkman Fred and his son Lamont.
What is Sanford and Son?
The author of The Color Purple.
Who is Alice Walker?
Based on the story of math genius Katherine Johnson.
What is Hidden Figures?
"Don't catch you slippin' now, look what I'm ____ now."
What is Whippin'? - This is America
Famous for his "migration series," depicting the movement of Black Americans to the North.
Who is Jacob Lawrence?