Famous African Americans
What is Jack Johnson's nickname?
Galveston Giant
What year was ragtime emerged?
1890's
The entertainer
True or false: Jack Johnson was the first heavyweight black boxer
False, he was a black boxer but not the first
Name 2 prominent African Americans
W.T.S Jackson, William Henry Lewis, George Dixon, Jack Johnson, W.C. Handy, and Ferdinand J. La Menthe
True or False: Jazz was mostly composed not improvised.
False, Jazz was mostly improvised not composed
Where was Scott Joplin born
Texarkana, texas
Where was he born
Galveston, Texas
What instrument did Scoot Joplin learn to play
Piano
What are the blues?
Musical form developed by poor black people in the south
What year was Scott Joplin born
1868
What year did he become a pro boxer
1892
1897
1894
1897
Who is the father of blues
W.C. Handy
True or False: The negro leagues professional baseball leagues for all races.
False, it's a professional baseball league for black players.
What instrument did he learn to transfer to piano
The banjo
Between what 2 years did he win 57 bouts against black and white fighters.
1902 and 1907
1897 and 1899
1901 and 1906
1902 and 1907
What year did George Dixon win the world featherweight title:
1895
1992
1892
1892
What 2 items do you need to play baseball
Baseball and bat
When and where did Joplin travel to play at the Columbian Expositions
Chicago in 1893
True or false: he married a white woman in 1911
True