INVENTORS
WHO AM I
POETS
MUSICIANS
AUTHORS
100
Potato chips
Who is George Crum
100
First African American president
Who is Barack Obama
100
Pulitzer Prize-winning African American author and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Still I Rise You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Who is Maya Angelou
100
Known as "The King of the Blues"
Who is B.B. King
100
Snowy Day
Who is Erza Jack Keats
200
Ice Cream scoop
Who is Alfred L. Cralle
200
We observe his birthday the 3rd Monday of January
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
200
An American poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, and newspaper columnist The Blues When the shoe strings break On both your shoes And you're in a hurry- That's the blues. When you go to buy a candy bar And you've lost the dime you had- Slipped through a hole in your pocket somewhere- That's the blues, too, and bad!......
Who is Langston Hughes
200
Known as "The First Lady of Song" and her incredible scat-singing
Who is Ella Fitzgerald
200
My Teacher
Who is James Ransome
300
Bread Machine
Who is Joseph Lee
300
His autobiography is titled "Up from Slavery"
Who is Booker T. Washington
300
The first African American female writer to be published in the United States Love Is Some people forget that love is tucking you in and kissing you "Goodnight" no matter how young or old you are.....
Who is Phillis Wheatley
300
Dubbed "Lady Day" she was one of the foremost blues singers in history known for her soulful voice
Who is Billie Holiday
300
This is the Rope
Who is Jacqueline Woodson
400
Open-Heart Surgery
Who is Daniel Hale Williams
400
While in jail he gave up his surname and added the letter X
Who is Malcolm X
400
Her poems range in style from traditional ballads and sonnets to using blues rhythms in free verse, her characters are often drawn from the poor inner city. Her bluesy poem "We Real Cool" is often found in school textbooks. She is seen as a leader of the Black Arts movement.
Who is Gwendolyn Brooks
400
Composer, bandleader, and jazz pianist, fondly called "The Duke"
Who is Duke Ellington
400
Jamaica's Find
Who is Juanita Havill
500
Blood Bank
Who is Dr. Charles Drew
500
He appealed to the government to permit black men to fight as soldiers
Who is Frederick Douglas
500
She published her first book of poetry, Black Feeling Black Talk, in 1968, and within the next year published a second book, thus launching her career as a writer. Early in her career she was dubbed the "Princess of Black Poetry," and over the course of more than three decades of publishing and lecturing she has come to be called both a "National Treasure" and, most recently, one of Oprah Winfrey's twenty-five "Living Legends."
Who is Nikki Giovanni
500
One of the founding fathers of jazz and one of the inventors of bebop (Hint: Our own secretary shares his last name)
Who is Dizzy Gillespie
500
A Chair For My Mother
Who is Vera Williams
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