Myths & Folktales
The phrase President Obama's uses in his campaign speech of 2004 that becomes the title of his second book.
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What is Audacity of Hope?
Complete the lyrics: "Hambone, Hambone where you been? Around the world and..."
Hint: Hear the song.
Listen to Martin Lurther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered in 1963, then complete the quote.
"Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of..."
Watch 4:28-6:04 of the video. Then complete the lyrics from the album Straight Outta Compton, released 1988.
"Searching my car looking for the product. Think every n***a is sellin..."
Watch the video then complete the quote from Muhammad Ali's 1974 speech "I'll Show You How Great I Am!"
"I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a..."
James Baldwin's description of Harlem's reaction to Attorney General Kennedy's proclamation that the US might have a black president in 40 years as described in his debate speech given at Cambridge University in 1965.
In the story, "The People Could Fly" by Virginia Hamilton, this character keeps his mouth shut.
Hint: Hear the story. Recommend 1.5x speed.
Complete this quote from the final speech of Malcolm X in 1965.
"When you get the white man over here in America...when he says he's white, he means something else...he means he's..."
Hint: Listen to the speech. Begin 2:10.
Watch the video then complete the lyrics from the song "Gangstar's Paradise" by Coolio, released 1995.
"They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me. If they can't understand it, how can they..."
Dave Chapelle's emotional reaction to police as described in his comedy skit "Killing Them Softly", delivered in 2000.
Hint: Warning Language. Watch 10:28-12:48.
Walter Dean Myers is a famous young adult writer. Name the book by James Baldwin that inspired him to write for young African-Americans.