Music
African American culture that put Kansas City on the map in the 1920s
What is jazz music?
Poem written by Maya Angelou promoting courage and confidence while facing injustices
What is Still I Rise
Refused to give up their seat on the bus for a white man
Who is Rosa Parks?
A network of secret routes helped slaves escape to freedom
What was the Underground Railroad?
Street is the line that historically divides the black and white neighborhoods in Kansas City
What is Troost?
The earliest genre of African American music in America during the time of slavery when Christianity was being forced on them
The way Africian American culture was passed on during slavery
What is folklore and oral communication?
Gave the speech “Our God is Marching On” in 1965
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
The amendment that abolished slavery
What was the 13th amendment?
Form of black music built the history of Kansas City
What is jazz?
The traditions of jazz id a confluence of
What are African and European traditions?
Wrote poems, books, and short stories protraying black life from the 20s through the 60s
Who is Langston Hughes
A conductor of the underground railroad who helped free approximately 70 slaves
Who was Harriet Tubman?
The official document allowed a male slave to count as ⅗ of a man
What was the Constitution?
Name of the negro league baseball team in KC
What is the Monarchs?
The African American music that was originally referred to as “race music” after being brought the American traditions from America
What are rhythm and blues?
The man who painted Walking, inspired by the under agnolaged women who helped in the Montgomery bus boycott
Who is Charles Henry Alston
An activist, entertainer, poet, philanthropist, and the greatest boxer of all time
Who was Muhammad Ali?
The first African American to play major league baseball
Who was Jackie Robinson?
Name was The Paseo changed to (street name)
What is Dr Martin Luther King Jr blvd?
The reasoning soul was so important for African Americans
Why did songs address important political and social issues?
Movement of the 1960s and 1970s that prompted racial pride for African Americans
What is the Black Power Movement
The first African American to attend an all-white school in 1960
Who is Ruby Bridges?
Place where Martin Luther King was assassinated
Where is Memphis, Tennessee?
First school for black students in Kansas City
What is Lincoln School?