Arna Bontemps wrote this collection of short stories about his childhood memories that appeared shortly after his death in 1973.
The Old South
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Who co-edited American Negro Poetry with Arna Bontemps?
Langston Hughes
100
What is the name of Arna Bontemps’ essay in which he writes about his childhood while living in Alexandria, Louisiana?
“Why I Returned”
100
This essay by Arna Bontemps referred to Act III.
“Act III, Awakening and Regeneration”
200
This writer produced such novels as God Sends Sunday (1931), Black Thunder (1936), and Drums at Dusk 1939).
Arna Bontemps
200
What intellectual movement documented the lives and interactions of African Americans like Arna Bontemps and other “New Negro” poets? It took place in New York during the early twentieth century.
Harlem Renaissance
200
What city and state did Arna Bontemps call “green Eden?”
Alexandria, Louisiana
200
In this first novel written by Arna Bontemps, the main character, Little Augie, was inspired by Bontemps’ favorite uncle Buddy.
God Sends Sunday
200
Who is the founder of the Arna Bontemps African American Museum and Cultural Arts Center located in Alexandria, Louisiana?
Gwendolyn Y. Elmore
300
Arna Bontemps based his 1936 novel, Black Thunder, on whose 1800 attempted slave revolt?
Gabriel Prosser
300
When was the Arna Bontemps African American Museum established?
1988
300
In October 2002, this author of the novel, Cane River, became the first winner of the Arna Bontemps Arts and Letters Award.
Lalita Tademy
300
What two awards did Arna Bontemps win for his poetry?
Poetry prize from Crisis Magazine and the Alexander Pushkin poetry prize
300
In what year was the Arna Bontemps African American Museum and Cultural Arts Center opened to the public?
1992
400
Arna Bontemps authored this 1936 historical novel?
Black Thunder.
400
Complete this quote by Arna Bontemps: “Time is not a river…”
“…time is a pendulum.”
400
What was the first African American Museum in Louisiana?
Arna Bontemps African American Museum and Cultural Arts Center
400
What was the name of Dr. William Banfield’s musical composition that was dedicated to the literary legacy of writer, Arna Bontemps?
Hope Symphony Number Nine
500
Who created a special musical composition honoring the life of writer, Arna Bontemps, an Alexandria, Louisiana native and Harlem Renaissance figure?
Dr. William Banfield
500
Who was the only African American director nominated for an Academy Award in 1996 for her short film, A Tuesday Morning Ride. It was based upon Arna Bontemps’ short story, A Summer Tragedy.
Diane Houston
500
In 1997, Arna Bontemps’ book, The Pasteboard Bandit, was published posthumously. What does posthumously mean?
After his death
500
Which three founding members of the Arna Bontemps African American Museum were recognized at the Museum’s 1998 10-year anniversary?
David F. Iles, Attorney J. E. Hines, Jr., and Rebecca Wilborn
500
What was the name of the music symposium sponsored by the Arna Bontemps Foundation in 2004?