The 3 Moguls
The record label created by Berry Gordy Jr.
What is Motown Records Corporation?
The year the Atlantic Slave Trade Started in America
What is 1619?
Finish the lyric, "And it don't mean a thing...
This group is responsible for the murders of Harry and Harriette Moore
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
This artist holds the record for most Grammy awards.
Who is Beyonce?
The album and year Beyonce debuted as a solo act
What is Dangerously in Love 2003?
The form of the earliest African American Music
What are Work/Field Songs?
The first song Beyonce (solo act) released as a single
What is Crazy In Love ft. JAY Z?
Emmett Till was murdered for this alleged act
What is flirting with a white woman?
All music has this common ancestor
What is African music?
Duke Ellington started at this, while offering to play music for clients
What is a sign painter?
The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln in 1863 said this
What is "all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free?"
The first song to go No. 1 on the pop charts under Motown Records.
What is Please Mr. Postman by The Marevelettes?
Isaac Woodard asked a bus driver to do this, which eventually lead to an argument and the police dragging him off the bus and beating him to blindness
What is to pull into the rest stop for a bathroom break?
What is 12-35?
Berry Gordy Jr. was able to start Tamla Records because of this from his family
What is a loan of $800?
Juneteenth celebrates this, which took place on June 19th, 1865
What is the freeing of enslaved people in Galveston Bay, Texas?
The song that lamented, "You and I must make a pact."
What is "I'll Be There" by the Jackson 5?
This is a name used for a group of black students who enrolled at an all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas; They were originally blocked by Arkansas National Gaurd until President Eisenhower sent federal troops to escort them into the school
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
These 3 artists have the most monthly listeners on Spotify.
Who are The Weekend, Miley Cyrus, and Taylor Swift?
This man was the writing partner with Duke Ellington, writing songs such as "Take the A Train."
Who is Billy Strayhorn?
Red Summer gets its name because of this
What is 25 riots across 10 months in 1919, killing over 250 African Americans?
Strange Fruit is a euphemism for this
What is lynched bodies?
These three black teenagers were held in jail for the murder of Claude Deeter and the rape of Mary Ball; ultimately being beaten and lynched by a mob of white residents before standing trial
Who are Tom Shipp, Abe Smith, and James Cameron?
These artists were featured in The Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show, celebrating years of hip-hop.
Who are Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamat, 50 Cent, and Anderson Paak?