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Of what profession were Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Countee Cullen, major contributors to the Harlem Renaissance?
Writers
Music historians refer to what type of music as the first Black American music?
Spiritual
Who wrote the poem “A Negro Love Song”?
Paul Laurence Dunbar
What famous Black author said, “Black writers do more than merely exhibit rage – they must analyze the roots of racial oppression”?
James Baldwin
What type of music did Louis Armstrong revolutionize and help establish as the nation‟s first highly popular Black art form?
The name of the Harlem club where many famous Black American entertainers began their careers
What is the Cotton Club?
Porgy was a black musical play that had its debut in 1927. It became a film in 1959 entitled Porgy and Bess and had an all- star black cast. Name two of the actors/actresses that performed in this film.
Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Sammy Davis, Jr.,
Brock Peters, Diahann Carroll, Ivan Dixon,
Clarence Muse
Julian Abele was involved in the design of what museum?
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Nominated for a National Book Award, what is Maya Angelou's first autobiography?
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
She is a dancer-choreographer who is also a director and producer. She was involved with the television show Fame. Name her.
Debbie Allen
This Broadway show became the longest running one-person show in the history of Broadway.
What is The Lady and Her Music?
Who wrote the song Maple Leaf Rag?
Scott Joplin
Ralph Ellison turned to writing after his career in what field was not successful?
Music
Zora Neal Hurston became a leading figure in the Black cultural movement known as what?
Harlem Renaissance
Who wrote the play All God’s Chillun Got Wings starring Paul Robeson?
Eugene O‟Neill
What is the name of the Grammy award winning gospel a cappella sextet whose hits include Spread Love and David & Goliath?
Take 6
Roots, the miniseries, was aired eight nights in 1977 with nearly 130 million viewers. Its 1979 sequel was named what?
Roots: The Next Generation
Published in 1907, what was the title of the first of six Claybron Merriweather books?
Light and Shadows
What type of folk art was seen on the New York subway cars in the 1970s that was a phenomenon among the urban youth?
Graffiti
Who founded the DuSable Museum of African-American History, located in Chicago, Illinois?
Dr. Margaret Burroughs
Ernest J. Gaines is a short story writer who wrote a 1971 historical novel turned television movie whose main character was a 110 year-old woman who narrated her personal
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Who was the first Black American painter to win national recognition?
Robert Scott Duncanson
What type of music did Louis Armstrong revolutionize and help establish as the nation‟s first highly popular Black art form?
Jazz
What Black American was acclaimed for his involvement in the design of the Philadelphia Museum of Art?
Julian Abele
In what state was Langston Hughes born?
Missouri