Antebellum Era
1861 conflict in the US
What is the year the Civil War began
Proper name of folks who were kidnapped, bound, and forced to the Americas.
What is enslaved people?
A white man performing as a black man only to humiliate and negatively stereotype black people.
What is Blackface?
The area of the United States that allowed black actors to perform freely.
Hollywood Shuffle
What is the name of the movie we watched in class?
What is the name of the movie portrays racism/stereotypes?
The Southern States
What is the area that openly accepted slavery
First play written in 1688 of African Slave as main character
What is Oronooko?
Blackface Character created by Thomas Rice
Started the African Grove Theater in the mid 1800's
Who is Alexander William Brown?
White men in Hollywood Shuffle
Who are the teachers in Black Acting School?
Lamentations
What are songs of sorrow and grief created by enslaved people?
What is forced performance/entertainment done by the sailors?
`The performer Thomas Rice.
Who is the white man that popularized black face in minstrel shows?
Prohibited from reading and writing
What are enslaved people?
Black Acting School
What is the name of the acting school in Hollywood Shuffle?
The music genres of cumbias, merengue, salsa, rock and roll, hip hop, and blues.
What African roots and music be traced to?
What are Griots?
Southern Laws named after blackface character.
What is Jim Crow Laws?
Type of Memoir that became popular during the Abolitionist Era
What is the Slave Narrative?
The Criminals, Gang leaders, Enslaved people, nannies, maids, drugdealers, hoodlums, warlords, rapists, convicts in movies.
What is how Hollywood casts black actors?
Name of a lamentation/ Plantation Wild Song
What is "follow the drinking Gourd?"
What is "Go down Moses"
What is "Let us Break Bread together"
The Griot
what are oral and musician historians from Africa
Jay Z and Childish Ghambino
Who are the artists that have used Minstrel Shows/black face references in their art?
No Question- name a Black Actor/Actress
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no question- name a movie or play with an all black cast
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