THE ARTS
Who is known as the father of African American Art?
Aaron Douglas
– When was Fair Housing Introduced and how did it help the community?
Answer – 1968 (It prohibited race discrimination in renting or buying a home)
-. What was the name of the magazine published by the NAACP?
The Crisis
The first African American to host a successful TV variety show. Favorite quote of the show was “The Devil Made me do it”
Answer: Flip Wilson
+Who open up the first black owned bank in California and Missouri and what was the name of the bank?
Answer- Onie B Granville an African American Visionary Businessman (Bank of Finance)
Who was the artist who created "Portrait of My Grandmother" ?-
Archibald Motley Jr
What is redlining?
The discriminatory practice of denying financial services of certain neighborhoods due to race or ethnicity.
– Who expanded their social service efforts by helping the Federal Government establish, health, housing, education and minority business development programs in urban communities.
Answer – Urban League
. She was a Golden Globe Winner for Best TV Actress in a Musical/Comedy in the TV show, “Julia”.
Answer: Diahann Carroll
Why did Martin Luther King visit the Green Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky on August 2, 1967?
Answer- Dr. King spoke at a rally designed to encourage members of the community to register to vote.
What is the name of the two earliest breakthroughs in poetry?
Harlem Shadows and Cane
- Who was a pioneering Black doctor and public health expert that established Aspiranto Health Home in her own house in Philadelphia. She cared for the very poorest members of her community.
Dr Virginia M. Alexander
. Name the author of “The Souls of Black Folks”and one of the founders of the NAACP and the first African American to earn a phD at Harvard University? He also attended Fisk University for his undergraduate
W.E.B Dubois
. The famous poet associated with the Harlem Renaissance and the most influential leaders of the movement.
Answer: Langston Hughes
Who was May Street Kid?
Answer – She was the First African American Female elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives. She established Low income housing and successfully sponsored a resolution ratifying the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments abolishing slavery), 14th Amendment (defining citizenship) and 15th Amendment (granting all men the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition pf servitude.
Who was a famous male tap dancer during the Harlem Renaissance?
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
What does HBCU stand for? How many exist today?
Answer-Historically Black College & University 101
Who founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association?
Marcus Garvey
He was known for The Big Band leader, orchestral jazz and the prolific composer of Jazz.
Answer: Duke Ellington
Who are the Tuskegee Airman and their commander?
Group of African American military pilots who fought in World War II.
Commander was Benjamin I. Davis
Nickname: Red Tails
Who is Nikki Giovanni and what college did she attend?
Poet, Fisk University
What was the Greensboro sit-in/Civil Rights protest?
Four young men from North Carolina A&T sat at the all-white counter at segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter and forced Woolworth’s and other establishments to change their segregationist policies.
. The first African American Rhodes Scholar and editor of the New Negro?
Alain Locke
Local Boxer that became the Heavy Weight Champion of the world. His favorite quotes were, “I’m so Pretty” and “Float like a butterfly, sting like a Bee”
Answer: Muhammad Ali
. What was the Great Migration?
Where African American fled the south and Jim Crow laws to the North