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The Most Searched: A Celebration of Black History Makers
This Black History Month, we’re celebrating some of #TheMostSearched moments and individuals in America. To find them, we used U.S.-based Google Trends Data to identify Black American achievements that were searched more than any others between January 1, 2004 – when U.S. Search Data first became available – and July 1, 2019. Here’s to the history makers and all those they continue to inspire.
Explore more at g.co/blackhistorymonth. C R E D I T S: Background music track "Countdown" - courtesy of Sony Music NBA footage copyright of NBA Properties Tennis footage copyright courtesy of Wimbledon Prince, Warner Music Group/Rhino Entertainment NFL Films Universal Music Group - Kendrick Lamar music video Sony Music - Lil Nas X "Old Town Road" video USAGymnastics Film Archives OWN TV Framepool Global Image Works Getty Images CBC Fremantle - Thames Television Kennedy Center Under Armour KITH Matte Projects Viacom/MTV RuPaul's World of Wonder United States Olympic Committee
Voiceover, Dialog, Spoken Text, Script, or Lyrics
Beyonce: Coachella, are y'all ready?
Maya Angelou: But just like life... alright.
NBA Announcer: Here is Jordan, ready to take off.
Rupaul: Uh, can I get an amen?
Oprah Winfrey: Welcome to the very first national Oprah Winfrey Show!
Martin Luther King Jr.: Where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls, as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.
Written Text
There are moments in American history that captivate us all.
The most searched:
The most search performance (Beyonce)
The most searched guitar solo (Prince)
The most searched Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony, EGOT winner (John Legend)
The most searched female poet (Maya Angelou)
The most searched dunk (Michael Jordan)
The most searched tennis player (Serena Williams)
The most searched ballerina
The most searched gymnast (Simone Biles)
The most searched athlete (LeBron James)
The most searched homecoming (Howard University)
The most searched tap dancer (Gregory Hines)
The most searched Pulitzer winner (Kendrick Lamar)
The most searched remix (Lil Nas X)
The most searched drag queen (Rupaul)
The most searched talk show host (Oprah Winfrey)
The most searche WW2 airmen (Tuskegee Airmen)
The most searched NASA mathematician (Katherine Johnson)
The most searched autobiography (Malcolm X)
The most searched Star-Spangled Banner (Whitney Houston)
The most searched movement (US Civil Rights Movement)
The most searched speech (MLK I Have a Dream Speech)
To the history makers and those they inspire. Search on.
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