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AMONG HIS WORLD-FAMOUS SINGLES ARE SUCH AS "SUPERSTITION" & THE FAMOUS "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" SONG, THIS ARTIST IS WELL KNOWN AROUND THE GLOBE! TALENTED AND CREATIVE, HE IS ASSOCIATED WITH MOTOWN AND HAS ACHIEVED AWARDS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS WORK IN ADDITION TO THE UN MESSENGERS OF PEACE PRIZE.
WHO IS STEVIE WONDER?
THIS FAMOUS POET WAS BORN IN JOPLIN IN THE AMERICAN STATE OF MISSOURI. HE WROTE HIS MOST FAMOUS POEM, "THE NEGRO SPEAKS OF RIVERS", AT THE AGE OF 17. THIS POET BECAME THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE AND AMONG THE MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT.
WHO IS LANGSTON HUGHES?
HER STORY IS QUITE SIMILAR TO ROSA PARKS. ON A SPRING AFTERNOON IN 1955, SHE REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER BUS SEAT. HOWEVER, HER AGE AND MARITAL STATE MADE HER SEEM CONSIDERABLY LESS MARKETABLE COMPARED TO ROSA PARKS.
WHO IS CLAUDETTE COLVIN?
AS A SCHOLAR AND ACTIVIST, HE BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO EARN A PH.D. FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY IN 1895. HE WROTE EXTENSIVELY AND WAS THE BEST-KNOWN SPOKESPERSON FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN RIGHTS DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HE ALSO COFOUNDED THE NAACP IN 1909.
WHICH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS?
WHAT IS THE 13TH AMENDMENT
THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDS WAS FIRST ORGANIZED AND PRESENTED ON THIS DATE BY THREE ACTIVISTS THAT WERE ALL LEADERS OF THE BEVERLY-HILLS-HOLLYWOOD NAACP BRANCH.
THIS POET WAS MOST KNOWN FOR HIS OPPOSITION TO WRITING DOWN ANY OF HIS POEMS. HE WAS A BEAT POET, THE FOUNDER OF THE BEATITUDE, AND KNOWN AS THE "THE AMERICAN RIMBAUD." MOST INTERESTINGLY, THIS POET TOOK A TEN YEAR VOW OF SILENCE AFTER JFK'S ASSASSINATION.
WHO IS BOB KAUFMAN?
WHO WAS KNOWN AS THE NATION OF ISLAM'S MOST EFFECTIVE MINISTER UNTIL HE BROKE AWAY FROM THE GROUP IN 1964 AND FORMED HIS OWN GROUP, THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRO-AMERICAN UNITY?
WHO IS MALCOLM X?
THIS AFRICAN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, ABOLITIONIST AND FEMINIST LED AN ANTI-LYNCHING CRUSADE IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE 1890S. SHE WENT ONTO FOUND AND BECOME INTEGRAL IN GROUPS STRIVING FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN JUSTICE. SHE ALSO BECAME A COFOUNDER OF NAACP.
WHO IS IDA B. WELLS?
THIS FAMOUS ENTERTAINER WAS BORN SEPTEMBER 4, 1981 IN HOUSTON TEXAS. SHE IS AN AMERICAN SINGER, SONGWRITER, RECORD PRODUCER, DANCER, AND ACTRESS. SHE ROSE TO FAME IN THE LATE 90S AS LEAD SINGER OF THE R&B GIRL-GROUP DESTINY'S CHILD. SHE IS NOW A MULTI-PLATINUM, GRAMMY AWARD WINNING RECORDING ARTIST. SHE IS RANKED AS THE SECOND BEST-SELLING FEMALE ARTIST OF THE 21ST CENTURY WITH RECORD SALES OF OVER 37 MILLION DOLLARS.
BEYONCE KNOWLES
BORN IN MEMPHIS, TN IN 1937, THIS AMERICAN ACTOR WHOSE EMOTIONAL DEPTH, SUBTLE HUMOUR, AND VERSATILITY MADE HIM ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED PERFORMERS OF HIS GENERATION. HE WAS ONE OF THE FEW AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTORS WHO CONSISTENTLY RECEIVED ROLES THAT WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN FOR BLACK ACTORS.
WHO IS MORGAN FREEMAN?
THIS POET IS KNOWN FOR HER MOST FAMOUS WORK "I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS." SHE HAD A VARIED LIFE WITH CAREERS SUCH AS A SINGER, DANCER, ACTRESS, COMPOSER, AND HOLLYWOOD'S FIRST FEMALE BLACK DIRECTOR, WRITER, EDITOR, PLAYWRIGHT, ESSAYIST, AND A POET. SHE ALSO WORKED FOR DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND MALCOLM X.
WHO IS MAYA ANGELOU?
WHAT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER STATED THAT VIOLENCE IS POINTLESS AND TO ACHIEVE EQUALITY BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD NOT USE VIOLENCE. HE STATED THAT IF A LAW WAS UNJUST, BLACK PEOPLE SHOULD BE MORALLY OBLIGATED NOT TO FOLLOW IT BUT TO ACCEPT THE CONSEQUENCES. HE HOPED FOR BROTHERHOOD FOR ALL MEN AND THE ABOLISHMENT OF SEGREGATION.
WHO IS DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.?
IN 1915, THE NAACP CALLED FOR A BOYCOTT OF THIS MOVIE, WHICH SHOWCASED RACIST STEREOTYPES
BIRTH OF A NATION
THIS MAN IS THE SELF-PROCLAIMED "GREATEST [BOXED] OF ALL TIME" WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED AFTER HIS FATHER, WHO WAS NAMED AFTER THE 19TH CENTURY ABOLITIONIST AND POLITICIAN CASSIUS MARCELLUS CLAY.
WHO IS MUHAMMAD ALI?
THIS FEMALE ACTRESS WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTRESS TO WIN AN EMMY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION MOVIE FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE PITTMAN (1974). SHE APPEARED IN SEVERAL MOVIES SUCH AS THE HELP, DIARY OF A MAD BLACK WOMAN, & ROOTS.
WHO IS CICELY TYSON?
THIS POET WAS A WRITER AND PLAYWRIGHT WHO PUBLISHED THE 1953 NOVEL "GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN", RECEIVING ACCLAIM FOR HIS INSIGHTS ON RACE, SPIRITUALITY, AND HUMANITY. OTHER NOVELS INCLUDED "GIOVANNI'S ROOM", "ANOTHER COUNTRY" AND "JUST ABOVE MY HEAD".
WHO IS JAMES BALDWIN?
WHEN SHE WAS SIX SHE BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILD TO INTEGRATE INTO A WHITE SOUTHERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ON NOVEMBER 14, 1960, SHE WAS ESCORTED TO CLASS BY HER MOTHER AND U.S. MARSHALS DUE TO VIOLENT MOBS. HER BRAVE ACT WAS A MILESTONE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
WHO IS RUBY BRIDGES?
THIS WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1909 AND IS AMERICA'S OLDEST AND LARGEST CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. IT WAS FORMED AND NEW YOUR CITY BY WHITE AND BLACK ACTIVISTS, PARTIALLY IN RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING VIOLENCE AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE?
SHE IS BEST KNOWN FOR BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK CONGRESSWOMAN (1968), REPRESENTING NEW YORK STATE IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR SEVEN TERMS. SHE WENT ON TO RUN FOR THE 1972 DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR THE PRESIDENCY--BECOMING THE FIRST MAJOR-PARTY AFRICAN AMERICAN CANDIDATE TO DO SO.
WHO IS SHIRLEY CHISHOLM?
THIS ACTOR CREDITS HIS PERFORMANCE OF THE CLASSIC MONOLOGUE "THE GREAT WHITE HOPE" IN AN ACT-SO COMPETITION ALONG WITH HIS DEDICATION TO HIS CRAFT AS EARNING HIM TO AN ARTS SCHOLARSHIP AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY. ADDITIONALLY, HE IS THE STAR AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF ABC'S MULTI-AWARD NOMINATED SITCOM "BLACK-ISH."
WHO IS ANTHONY ANDERSON?
THIS WRITER BECAME A FIXTURE OF NEW YORK CITY'S HARLEM RENAISSANCE, DUE TO HER NOVELS LIKE "THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD" AND SHORTER WORKS LIKE "SWEAT". SHE WAS ALSO AN OUTSTANDING FOLKLORIST AND ANTHROPOLOGIST WHO RECORDED CULTURAL HISTORY, AS ILLUSTRATED BY HER "MULES AND MEN.
WHO IS ZORA NEALE HURSTON?
THIS AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER AND POLITICIAN IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE (SNCC) AND FOR LEADING THE MARCH THAT WAS HALTED BY POLICE ON THE EDMUND PETTUS BRIDGE IN SELMA, ALABAMA, IN 1965. HE RECENTLY PASSES JULY 17TH, 2020 IN ATLANTA, GA.
JOHN LEWIS
THE NAACP PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THIS 1954 SUPREME COURT DECISION
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
THIS 22-YEAR-OLD POET RECITED HER POEM "THE HILL WE CLIMB" AT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S INAUGURATION, THEREFORE, BECOMING THE YOUNGEST INAUGURAL POET IN U.S. HISTORY.
WHO IS AMANDA GORMAN?