Reconstruction
The period immediately following the Civil War is known by this name.
What is Reconstruction?
This performance practice involved white actors portraying African Americans with makeup.
What is blackface?
DAILY DOUBLE: This type of physical performance often featured balls, clubs, or rings.
What is juggling?
The musician known as the "Father of Gospel Music."
Who is Thomas A. Dorsey?
This civil rights leader often requested Mahalia Jackson sing Precious Lord, Take My Hand.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Following emancipation, these institutions became important cultural and spiritual centers for African Americans.
What are churches?
Although popular at the time, minstrelsy reinforced this social problem.
What is racism?
Unlike minstrel shows, vaudeville was organized around this style of program.
What is a variety show?
The musical genre Dorsey blended with spirituals to help create gospel music.
What is the Blues?
Unlike minstrelsy, this form of entertainment gave many Black performers professional opportunities.
What is Vaudeville?
This genre evolved directly from spirituals during Reconstruction.
What is Gospel music?
This major war followed the Antebellum period.
What is the Civil War?
The performer better known by the nickname "Bojangles."
Who is Bill Robinson?
The singer known as the "Queen of Gospel."
Who is Mahalia Jackson?
Founded in 1777, this is the oldest African American church in the United States discussed in class.
What is First African Baptist Church?
This musical feature from African traditions continued to shape gospel music.
What is call-and-response?
This group originally performed most minstrel shows.
Who were white actors?
The performer remembered as the "Queen of Happiness."
Who is Florence Mills?
The stage name Thomas A. Dorsey used before writing gospel music.
What is Georgia Tom?
This British monarch heard the Fisk Jubilee Singers perform.
Who is Queen Victoria?
The Reconstruction Period focused on rebuilding this region of the United States
What is the South?
Despite its racism, minstrelsy helped spread African American musical elements such as this rhythmic feature.
What is syncopation?
One of the first Black entertainers to achieve mainstream stardom in vaudeville.
Who is Bert Williams?
DAILY DOUBLE:The personal tragedy that inspired Thomas A. Dorsey to write Precious Lord, Take My Hand.
What are the deaths of his wife and newborn son?
DAILY DOUBLE: This convention, co-founded by Thomas A. Dorsey in 1932, helped establish gospel music across the United States.
What is the National Convention of Gospel Choirs and Choruses?