Black History - Sports and Entertainment

This painting of dancing figures famously graced the cover of a Marvin Gaye album and the credits of Good Times.

Originally known as the Primettes, they became the best-charting woman group in history.

Because of Malcolm Little's (later Malcom X) nickname of Detroit Red, his friend John Sanford took what nickname?

This 1963 Stevie Wonder song was a No. 1 hit when he was just 13, the youngest solo artist to top the chart.

A cowboy and rodeo star considered the greatest bronco rider of all time due to their performance at 1912 Salinas Rodeo.

Songwriter Nile Rodgers confirmed in a TikTok video that this 1980 song was originally intended for the LGBTQ community.

In February 2023, who became the most decorated artist in Grammy history, with 32 Grammys over their career?

While MLK was held in jail in 1963, this celebrity raised $50,000, allowing the Birmingham Campaign to proceed.

Winning the Emmy award for lead actor in 2019, he became the first openly gay Black man to win the award.

The most decorated gymnast of all-time, who has five original moves named after her?

Who was the first Black American to win Best Costume Design and the first Black woman to win multiple Academy Awards?

This jockey won the inaugural Kentucky Derby in 1875, aboard a horse that was trained by a man born into slavery.

In three weeks of its 2015 release, what movie made $134 million, making it the highest-grossing music biopic ever?

In 1944, this Army 2nd Lieutenant was court-martialed at Camp Hood, Texas for refusing to move to the back of the bus.

Already a singer, who founded Sugar Hill Records in the 1970s and produced "Rapper's Delight" and "The Message"?

In 2024, MLB incorporated Negro League stats, making him the all-time batting champion with a .372 batting average.

Multiple awards winner who overcame a severe stutter as a child, which initially made them hesitant to speak.

An American jazz cornet player, bandleader, and composer. He was also the mentor and teacher of Louis Armstrong.

Future hall of famer who led his high school and college basketball teams to a combined record of 167 wins and 4 losses.

This 1920 silent film honestly portrays the racial situation in the United States during the early twentieth century.

Born Anthony Holloway, who was the first DJ to bring turntables and a mixer to perform at the Apollo Theater in 1978?

A founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, who won the American Tennis Association's first tournament in 1917?