African Literary Tradition
Where did humans originate from?
Olduvai, George
Who is John Henry?
An African American folk hero.
What philosophy did Booker T. Washington support?
Self-help, racial separatism, and accommodation. He urged blacks to accept racial discrimination in the meantime.
When did the Harlem Renaissance take place (start and finish)
1920- 1930
This person is a political activist and a Pan Africanist
Marcus Garvey
Hieroglyphics evolved into what two cursive forms?
hieratic and demotic.
The South fought to continue the practice of slavery because their economy was heavily dependent on ___
Agriculture
Who came to power after Lincoln was assassinated?
Andrew Johnson
what was the most popular music genre during the 1920s
Jazz
This person's contribution to society is their HeLa cells.
Henrietta Lacks
Mansa Musa is estimated to have been worth what?
400 Billion
____ wrote the first widely read autobiography that depicted the horrors of slavery.
Olaudah Equiano
Under what laws were black people's rights to vote and own land restricted?
Black Codes
During the Great Migration thousands of African Americans left the south and instead moved in this direction ______ & ______ .
North, and West
She won nine Olympic medals in track and field.
Allyson Felix
What is "Moonlight Play"
A time at night where the children and adults gather in the village square for singing and dancing, exchange of riddles, stories, poems, and the telling of recent events
The first black people who came to America where...
Spanish Explorers
How did Reconstruction end?
In 1867 the Republicans made a political deal with the south to end it for support of their candidate.
These laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. These laws were enacted in the late 19th and early 20th and was a main reason for the Great Migration
Jim Crow
She traveled into space in 1992.
Mae Jemison
Name 4 duties of a “Griot”?
Some functions include poet, genealogist, historian, spokesperson, teacher, musician, singer an entertainer
Which 7 European powers forcefully colonized Africa?
Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and Italy.
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To provide food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced and newly freed African Americans.
The worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world caused what to happen?
The END of the Harlem Renaissance
He helped lead a historic, and successful, sit-in in San Francisco as part of a nationwide anti-discrimination campaign on behalf of people with disabilities.
Bradley Lomax