BLACK HISTORY IN MOVIES
This actor was the first Black man to win an Academy Award.
Who is Sidney Portier?
She wrote The Bluest Eye.
Who is Toni Morrison?
This movement fought to end racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This HBCU was founded by Booker T. Washington in Alabama.
What is Tuskegee University?
This dance style originated in Harlem ballrooms in the early 1900s.
What is the Lindy Hop?
This 1991 film centers on young Black men growing up in South Central Los Angeles.
What is Boyz n the Hood?
This poet helped lead the Harlem Renaissance and wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
Who is Langston Hughes?
She helped found the Black Panther Party.
Who is Angela Davis?
This HBCU is located in Tallahassee, Florida.
What is Florida A&M University?
This choreographer founded a world renowned dance company in 1958.
Who is Alvin Ailey?
This actress became the first Black woman to win Best Actress at the Oscars.
Who is Halle Berry?
This novelist wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God and Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo."
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
This organization was founded in 1909 to advance civil rights through legal action.
What is the NAACP?
This private HBCU in Nashville is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
What is Fisk University?
What is breakdancing?
This director is known for films like Do the Right Thing.
Who is Spike Lee?
This author wrote the novel Kindred, blending historical fiction and science fiction.
Who is Octavia Butler?
This 1963 event brought over 250,000 people to Washington, D.C.
What is the March on Washington?
This HBCU is home to the famed "Marching Storm" band.
What is Prairie View A&M University?
She became the first Black female principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre.
Who is Misty Copeland?
This Marvel film celebrated African culture and featured the fictional nation of Wakanda.
What is Black Panther?
This Black playwright wrote A Raisin in the Sun, the first play by a Black woman on Broadway.
Who is Lorraine Hansbury?
This modern movement began in response to police violence and systemic racism.
What is Black Lives Matter?
This HBCU produces the highest number of Black engineers in the United States.
What is North Carolina A&T State University?
This Broadway choreographer helped popularize jazz dance in American theater.
Who is Debbie Allen?