Antebellum Era
A famous record keeper of the Underground Railroad
Who is William Still
The location of one of the biggest Black wall streets that was demolished by White mob violence.
What is Tulsa, Oklahoma?
The mass migration of African Americans out of the South and into the North.
What is the Great Migration?
A 1950s supreme court case that found segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Hip Hop was born here.
Where is New York City (the Bronx)?
These types of art are a part of Afrofuturism.
What are all types of art?
This law allowed free Black people to be captured and returned to the south.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
This jazz singer sang the song "Strange Fruit" despite pushback and harassment by the FBI.
Who is Billie Holiday?
This is the original name of Rhythm and Blues (RnB).
What is Race Records?
A device used to exclude Black people from voting.
What is a literacy test?
This rap group had the first-ever gold rap album.
Who is Run DMC?
This person became famous for the costume designs for the Afrofuturist film, Black Panther.
Who is Ruth E. Carter?
This craft was used as a form of communication on the Underground Railroad.
What are quilts?
DAILY DOUBLE
This person investigated and reported about lynching to reveal why they were happening, how often they happened and the impact they had on the Black communities in the South.
The name of the newspaper that is credited as the most responsible for the great migration.
What is The Chicago Defender (The Defender)?
A social science experiment that proved the negative impact of segregation on Black children's self-esteem.
What is the Doll Test?
This contemporary artist is famous for sampling protests, speeches, and news reports in their songs
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
Pioneer of Afrofuturism in music
Who is Sun Ra
The first African American author to publish a book of poems.
Who is Phyllis Wheatley
This was one of the visions of the Jim Crow era.
What is progression (progress)?
This became politicized because it was popularized by African Americans.
What is the zoot suit?
A song written and performed by Louis Armstrong that became a slogan of the Civil Rights Movement.
What is "We Shall Overcome"?
This poet wrote the poem titled, “I Want to Write
a Poem."
Who is Rudy Francisco?
A local project committed to countering the intentional displacement of Black people from the neighborhood due to urban renewal.
What is Albina Vision Trust?
A song used to secretly communicate.
What is a spiritual?
This system attempted to replace the previous enslavement-based labor force that was lost by the Civil War
What is a racially motivated incarceration system or convict leasing?
The founder of Black Swan Records.
Who is Harry Pace?
In 1967, this person gave a speech that became known as the "Black is Beautiful" speech.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
DAILY DOUBLE
An intellectual and cultural revival of unapologetic African American self-expression through music, dance, art, fashion, politics, etc.
What is the Black Renaissance?