Cuisine
This style of food originates from the Southern parts of the US.
What is Soul Food?
Performed by Childish Gambino, this song addresses the wider issue of gun violence, mass shootings, racism and discrimination against African Americans
What is "This is America"?
A Smithsonian Institution opened September 24, 2016 in a ceremony led by President Barack Obama.
What is the National Museum of African American History and Culture?
A word based performance that focuses on the aesthetics of word play such as intonation and voice inflection.
What is Spoken Word?
This type of cuisine refers to the original European-particularly French and Spanish settlers in New Orleans.
What is Creole?
This soul music song, recorded by Motown, became The Temptations' first U.S. number-one single and is now their signature song.
What is "My Girl"?
In Tulsa, Oklahoma's Greenwood district, known as one of the most prominent concentrations of African American businesses in the US.
What is "Black Wall Street"?
The first public recognition of African-American culture in the 1920's and 1930's. Highlighting African Amer. music, literature, and art, gaining wide notice.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This West African dish is commonly eaten with the fingers and a small ball of it may be dipped in accompanying soup or sauce
What is Fufu?
This song was produced by Quincy Jones and performed by Michael Jackson, with a horrifying 13 minute video.
What is "Thriller"?
This nickname was given to Motown's first headquarters.
What is Hitsville U.S.A.?
Having its own unique grammatical, vocabulary, and accent features, this type of English is employed by African Americans as the more informal and casual end of the sociolinguistic continuum.
What is African-American Vernacular English or Ebonics
This national dish of Brazil is a stew of beans with beef and pork.
What is Feijoada?
This traditional Jamaican folk song is best known for it's performance by Harry Belafonte in 1956. Thought to be sang by Jamaican banana workers.
What is "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)"?
This infamous motel in Memphis Tennessee where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot.
What is the Lorraine Motel?
This is the largest African-American religious organization in the United States.
What is Baptists?
This particular style of cooking is native of Jamaica in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a hot spice mixture.
What is Jerk?
Song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder. This song describes a pejorative term for any belief or practice that is considered irrational or supernatural.
What is Superstition?
This place was originally called the Institute for Colored Youth, founded in 1837. Recognized as the oldest HBCU in the US
What is Cheyney University of Pennsylvania?
Originating in New Orleans, in the early 20th century with elements of African and European music, this music evolved from slave songs and spirituals.
What is Jazz?