Sounds from Outside the US
This Cape Verdean singer is known for singing morna, a genre of music from Cape Verde, in her native Cape Verdean Creole.
Who is Cesária Évora?
This man was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
"Did I do that?!"
Who is Steve Urkel?
This island town was home to the last known slave in RI named James Howland that died in 1839 at the age of 100.
Where is Jamestown?
Southeast of Florida, North of Cuba
What is The Bahamas?
This famous Jamaican Reggae singer was a trailblazer for his genre with 5 of his albums in Rollingstone's list of "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
Who is Bob Marley?
This leader was a founding member of NAACP and one of the foremost Black intellectuals of his era.
Who is W.E.B DuBois?
"Change will not come if we wait for some other people or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek"
Who is Barack Obama?
This festival in RI, originally founded in RI, returned to RI in 1981 and has always showcased African-American musical talents.
What is the Newport Jazz Festival?
Island south of Cuba and west of Haiti
What is Jamaica?
This is a Barbadian singer, businesswoman, and actress is known for her artistic reinventions and is an influential figure in both music and fashion since her debut in 2005.
Who is Robyn "Rihanna" Fenty?
Before Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, there was a brave 15-year-old who chose not to sit at the back of the bus.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today"
(200 points if you know their original name)
Who is Malcolm X?
This training ground, formally know as Camp Fremont, is a historically significant training ground for Colored Civil War Troops in the Union Navy.
What is Dexter Training Ground?
(Armory parade grounds)
Island off the east coast of Mozambique
What is Madagascar
This Trinidad and Tobago artist sang the Grammy Award-winning 1984 pop song, "Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run" and other hits like "Love is Forever (1986)" and "Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car (1988)".
Who is Billy Ocean?
The co-founder of STAR, an organization that housed homeless queer youth, this Black trans woman and activist, was at the forefront of fighting for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and 70s.
Who is Marsha P. Johnson?
"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated"
Who is Maya Angelou
This man was the first African-American dentist in Rhode Island.
Who is Dr. Alonzo Van Horn?
Only Country South of Namibia, Botswana, and Mozambique
What is South Africa?
This Nigerian born performer is regarded as the principal innovator of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with American funk and jazz.
Who is Fela Kuti?
She became the first African-American woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
Who is Mae Jemison?
“If they don’t give you a seat at the table, bring in a folding chair.”
Who is Shirley Chisholm
In this year the Free African Union Society (FAUS) was created in Newport as a forum for black cultural discussion. This pre-civil war organization is considered one of the first formal organizations founded by free blacks in the US.
When is 1780?
Islands off the west Coast of Senegal
What is Cabo Verde?