History of African American Literature
How many copies of the Narrative of Life of Frederick Douglass were sold during the Abolitionist Movement?
30,000
Do males or females make up the majority of African American authors?
Females
Which is not an important theme to be included in African American Literature: resilience, identity, forgiveness or social justice?
What was the name of the satellite launched by Russia in 1957?
Sputnik
Which book was authored by Amina Luqman-Dawson?
Freewater
What was the revival of African American art, music, fashion, literature, dance, theater, and politics called?
The Harlem Renaissance
Between what years did the percentage of African American authors increase by 20%?
2014-2021
True or False: it is important to identify struggles in African American Literature.
What was the name of the company the four women worked for?
Langley
Who are the two main characters in the book Freewater?
Homer and Ada
Who authored the oldest known piece of African American Literature?
Lucy Terry
Which award was the first national award presented to Black writers by a national organization of Black writers.
The Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards
What kind of range of perspectives of the African American community should be included?
Diverse
What did Kennedy say was the first step to getting a man to the moon?
Send an astronaut around earth.
Out of the examples provided, which book is written in verse?
Brown Girl Dreaming
In what range of years did African American Literature become more prominent in poetry and fiction?
1910s-1920s
What percentage of authors are African American?
5.93%
It is important that characters display African American Literature correctly and with...
authenticity
What was the name of the spacecraft taken to the moon?
Apollo 11
Out of the three popular examples given, which book did not win the Newbery Medal?
Hidden Figures
When was there a break in the violence of racism?
After the Civil War
What does the Coretta Scott King Award recognize?
Illustrators that authentically represent the African American experience.
Identify one example of quality African American literature and explain why it is accurate.
Answers may vary
What were the three things the women believed made anything possible?
Hard work, perseverance, and a love of math.
Dorothy Vaughn, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden