Cotton Clubs
Who were the most popular dancers?
The Cotton Club Girls
Who was the Blues most popular singer of the 1920?
Empress of the Blues/Bessie Smith
Who was the Queen of Music?
Ma Rainey
Where was the first Cotton Club established?
Harlem, NYC
Who is the actor and singer that gained international fame for his role in "Show Boat" as well as known for his powerful bass-baritone voice?
Paul Robeson
What instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
Trumpet
When was the first Cotton Club established?
1923
Who was the dancer that studied anthropology and incorporated African and Caribbean movements into her Choreo?
Katherine Dunham
Who became more popular than Ma Rainey?
Bessie Smith
Who was the first performer at the Cotton Club?
Andy Preer
Who was the painist that wrote "Runnin' Wind" that intorduced the Charleston dance to the wider audience?
James P. Johnson
What genre of music is Duke Ellington associated with?
Jazz
Who was the first owner of the Cotton Club?
Jack Johnson
Who was the novelist that wrote "The Conjure-Man Dies" that was considered to be the first African American detectivle novel?
Rudolph Fisher
Who was the first African American to compose the first smyphony and to be performed by a major American Orchestra?
William Grant Still