Visual Artists
Which African American artist is the first to gain international recognition?
a. Augusta Savage
b. Henry O'Tanner
c. Jacob Lawrence
Henry O’Tanner
This famous actor, comedian, and filmmaker created the 2022 movie Nope
a. Jordan Peele
b. Spike Lee
c. John Singleton
Jordan Peele
This musician was known as the King of Pop
a. Lionel Richie
b. Ray Charles
c. Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Banjo Lesson
a. Jean-Michael Basquiat
b. Henry O'Tanner
c. Jacob Lawrence
Henry O’ Tanner
Maya Angelou is best known for her autobiography titled?
a. There Eyes Were Watching God
b. To Kill a Mockingbird
c. I Know Why the Caged Birds Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Daily Double! Which African American Artist was well known for their Neo-Expressionism during the 1980s?
a. Alma Thomas
b. Matilda Andrades
c. Jean-Michael Basquiat
Jean-Michael Basquiat
This famous actor starred in the 2016 movie Hidden Figures and the 2019 Film What Men Want
a. Viola Davis
b. Wendy Williams
c. Taraji P. Henson
Taraji P. Henson
This musician released music over three dozen albums over four decades with a notable song being When Doves Cry.
a. Stevie Wonder
b. Prince
c. Alicia Keys
Prince
Migration of the Negro
a. Jacob Lawrence
b. Jean-Michael Basquiat
c. Horace Pippin
Jacob Lawrence
This poet is best known for his jazz poetry during the Harlem Renaissance
a. Sidney Bechet
b. Langston Hughes
c. Louis Armstrong
Langston Hughes
This African American Artist creates stories through quilting
a. Faith Ringgold
b. Lois Mailou Jones
c. Sam Gillam
Faith Ringgold
This famous filmmaker is well known for their movies Do The Right Thing, Malcolm X, and School Daze
a. Julie Dash
b. Ryan Coogler
c. Spike Lee
Spike Lee
This jazz singer is known as being the inspiration for Betty Boop
a. Nina Simone
b. Billie Holiday
c. Esther Jones
Esther Jones
Stomp
a. Faith Ringgold
b. Kehinde Wiley
c. Archibald Motley
Archibald Motley
This dancer was well known in France during the 1950s and 1960s and first black woman to star in a motion picture.
a. Josephine Baker
b. Katherine Durham
c. Misty Copeland
Josephine Baker
Which African American sculptor was a central figure during the Harlem Renaissance and opened a school to teach others?
a. Jacob Lawrence
b. Robert Duncanson
c. Augusta Savage
Augusta Savage
Famous filmmaker Ryan Coogler is best known for the following movie…
a. Get Out
b. Meet the Browns
c. Black Panther
Black Panther
This singer is well-known from the Harlem renaissance having been given the name “Mother of Blues”
a. Nina Simone
b. Ma Rainey
c. Sarah Vaughan
Ma Rainey
Let My People Go
a. Alma Thomas
b. Kara Walker
c. Aaron Douglas
Aaron Douglas
Famous photographer Gordon Parks photography during the 1940s-1970s focused on civil rights, urban life, race relations and
a. poverty
b. sanitation
c. healthcare
Poverty
Who was the first African American portrait artist?
a. Faith Ringgold
b. Joshua Johnson
c. Jacob Lawrence
Joshua Johnson
This famous actor starred as Whitley Gilbert-Wayne in a Different World
a. Jasmine Guy
b. Raven Carter
c. Octavia Spencer
Jasmine Guy
This singer and actress was the first black actress to star on broadway
a. Ann James
b. Audra McDonald
c. Lena Horne
Lena Horne
Going to Church
a. Jacob Lawrence
b. William H. Johnson
c. Louis Armstrong
William H. Johnson
This rapper is known for recently being inducted as the first women rapper into the rock hall of fame and her first ever hit That's What Little Girls Are Made of
a. Nicki Minaj
b. Cardi B
c. Missy Elliot
Missy Elliot