Poets
This American poet taught at Wake Forest University and received our nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in 2010.
Who is Maya Angelou aka Marguerite Annie Johnson?
What is the name given to the ethnic cuisine traditionally prepared and eaten by African Americans?
What is Soul Food?
For the first time in this country in the 1920s and 1930s African American music, literature, and art gained wide notice as a part of this cultural movement.
His album holds the distinction of being the best selling album of all time, having sold over 66 million records since its release in November of 1982
Who is Michael Jackson?
In 1870 which amendment to the constitution was ratified which prohibits voting rights based on race, color, or previous status as a slave
What is the 15th?
He was one of the early innovators of the genre known as Jazz Poetry and he was one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance
Who is Langston Hughes?
Southern Native American culture provided this staple ingredient to African American cuisine.
What is Maize (corn)?
This movement of the 1960s and 70s was a response to the nonviolent and integrative rhetoric of the Civil Rights Movement and promoted racial pride and ethnic cohesion.
What is the Black Power Movement?
This musician's music integrated a wide variety of styles including funk, R&B, Latin, rock, new wave, classical, soul, synth-pop, pop, psychedelia, jazz, and hip hop. Estimates of the complete number of songs written by this artist range between 500 to well over 1000 haven written songs for the Bangles, Sinead Oconner, amongst others.
Who is Prince?
This four-star general served as the first-ever African American Secretary of State
Who is Colin Powell?
She was poet laureate of New York for the period of 1991-1992
Who is Audre Lorde?
A species of this grain was domesticated in Africa and is commonly used in Southern Louisiana as a staple side dish
What is rice?
This cultural and art movement was created by African Americans, Latino Americans, and Caribbean Americans in the Bronx and in the South in the mid-1970s.
What is Hip Hop?
According to Rolling Stone, this American guitarist and showman is the 5th greatest recording artist of all time.
Who is Chuck Berry?
She was the first African American from a major party to run for president
Her early poetry was inspired by the American Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power Movement. She has been called the "Poet of the Black Revolution."
Who is Nikki Giovanni?
African American's like Native Americans routinely used all of the animal in their cuisine. This tradition remains alive today in this hallmark dish made from the intestines of hogs.
What are chitterlings (chit'lins)?
This form of street dance originated in Oakland, California, and is characterized by rhythmic movement combined with waving, floor moves, flexing, and contortions. It is an acronym for Taking Up Room on the Floor.
What is Turf Dancing (Turfin')?
This American jazz pianist and composer had a unique improvisational style and is the second-most recorded jazz composer of all time. His hits include: "Round Midnight", and "Straight, No Chaser."
Who is Thelonious Monk?
In 1872 this person was the first woman presidential candidate in US history and her running mate, Frederick Douglass is the first African American vice-presidential candidate.
Who is Victoria Woodhull?
This poet was captured and sold into slavery when she was just seven years old.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
Black Cuisine is this San Francisco neighborhood's longest-running annual event which celebrates African American food, culture, and art
What is Bayview Hunter's Point?
This director's neo-realistic dramas exploring race relations, and colorism in the black community during the 1980s and 1990s were a direct reaction to the more stereotypical characters of the 1970s Blaxploitation films.
Who is Spike Lee?
This African American Punk Rock band was originally formed as a jazz fusion ensemble called, Mind Power in 1976. They are widely regarded as among the pioneers of hardcore punk rock music.
Who are Bad Brains?
In 1989 this man became the first-ever African American to be elected governor in US History.
Who is Douglas Wilder?