Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglas
W.E.B. Dubois
Langston Hughes
Vocabulary
100
She taught Frederick Douglas the basics of reading and writing until her husband told her not to.
Who is Mrs. Auld?
100
Being born from parents in the Northern States, he was able to escape this.
What is slavery?
100
After he moved to New York, he became a great influence of this movement.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
100
Prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race.
What is racism?
200
This document illegalized slavery.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
The kindness of Mrs. Auld sparked a determination to do this.
What is to read?
200
Sympathizing with the views of the Blacks in the Southern States, he started this movement.
What is the NAACP?
200
His poetry complemented this type of music.
What is jazz?
200
A style in literature that depicted social realities and activities.
What is the Age of Realism?
300
His Gettysburg Address alluded to this important document which named the rights of all Americans.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
He would take a lesson to read from his young friends by paying them this form of tuition.
What is bread?
300
The NAACP was given a voice and viewpoint through this platform.
What is The Crisis magazine?
300
His poem I, too, Sing America was in response to a poem by this great poet.
Who is Walt Whitman?
300
Hopeful and confident about the future.
What is optimistic?
400
The purpose of the Gettysburg Address was to do this.
What is bringing the country together?
400
This bothered him greatly, which he reasoned with his young friends about, suggesting that they would always be free and he would always be a slave.
What is slavery?
400
He challenged this film by D.W. Griffith because of its racial content.
What is Birth of a Nation?
400
The theme of this poem was to not forget where you came from.
What is The Negro Speaks of Rivers?
400
The state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings.
What is consciousness?
500
The Gettysburg Address was spoken on this date.
What is November 19,1863?
500
In reflecting on the experience with Mrs. Auld, he said that slavery made them enemies and this made them friends.
What is nature?
500
Recently, this actor and director made a film with the same name, Birth of a Nation, that told the story of the 1831 Slave Riot.
Who is Nat Turner?
500
He was an influence to this great leader.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
500
The state of being important or famous.
What is prominence?
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