Geography
Four Latin American countries with significant Black populations.
What are Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, Cuba, Puerto Rico, or Dominican Republic
This genre of music, which originated in the Dominican Republic, developed from Indigenous, African, and Spanish music elements
What is Bachata
A music genre that is a mix of Afro-Cuban son, guaracha, cha cha chá, mambo, Puerto Rican plena and bomba, and African-American Jazz and R&B
What is Salsa
US Supreme court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated
What is Brown vs the Board of Education
Elected at the Age of 29, this Puerto Rican woman is the youngest women to ever serve in the US Congress
Who is Alexandria Ocassio Cortez
This Latin American country has the largest population of black people outside of Africa
What is Brazil
A winter holiday celebrated by African Americans modeled after African Harvest Celebrations
What is Kwanzaa
This famous afro-cuban singer, also known as the queen of salsa, was known for her catch phrase, "¡Azúcar!"
Who is Celia Cruz
In 2015, this Latin American country created its first census question that allowed people to identify as Afrodescendent
What is Mexico
Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 by playing for this team
What are The Dodgers
The three Spanish-speaking countries in the Caribbean.
What are Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic
70% of the slaves brought from Africa to Latin America provided labor for this kind of plantation
What is sugar cane
“God Bless the Child” & God bless this blues singer who co-wrote the song
Who is Billie Holiday
The first research institution in the United States devoted to the history and culture of people of African descent in Latin America and the Caribbean
What is Harvard’s Afro-Latin American Research Institute?
In 1773, she published the first book of poetry by an African-American
Who is Phyliss Wheatley
The island of Hispaniola is shared by these two Black-majority countries
What are Haiti and Dominican Republic
This West African dish is the root of some traditional dishes of many Caribbean and Latin American countries (e.g. Dominican mangu, Puerto Rican mofongo, Ecuadorian bolon, Honduran machuca). It’s made by boiling and mashing starchy crops like cassava or plantains.
What is Fu-Fu
A musical prodigy, this jazz bassist and singer (as well as former Berkelee prof) became the first jazz musician to win a Grammy in the Best New Artist category for her album Herself (2011)
Who is Esperanza Spalding
Established with the collections of an influential Afro-Puerto Rican scholar of the Harlem Renaissance, this library center is one of the world’s leading cultural institutions devoted to the research, preservation, and exhibition of materials of the African diaspora
What is The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
A Venezuelan and Puerto Rican Leader of the Stonewall movement, often credited with the inclusion of "T" in the acronym LGBT+
Who is Sylvia Rivera
An Afro-Indigenous population that spans the Caribbean coasts of four Central American countries (Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, and Guatemala)
Who are the Garifuna?
This religion, originating in present-day Nigeria, is the basis for a number of Latin American spiritual practices, including Santería, Umbanda, Trinidad Orisha, Haitian Vodou, and Candomblé.
What is the Yoruba Religion
This Grammy winning artist and Covergirl received an Academy Award nomination for Chicago and wrote a book for girls entitled "Queen of the Scene."
Who is Queen Latifah
This US Supreme Court case set precedent for Brown vs. Board of Education by prohibiting segregation for Mexican American Students in California Public Schools
What is Mendez v. Westminster School District
He became the first Black chief justice of Brazil’s supreme court in 2012
Who is Joaquim Barbosa