Activists of the Diaspora
A civil rights leader, he is sometimes referred to as Martin Luther King’s protege, and passed away just last week at the age of 84.
Who is Rev. Jesse Jackson?
This slimy, fuzzy green vegetable is a staple ingredient in gumbo.
What is okra?
Residents of the state of Louisiana, this group of people are committed to their identity as persons of mixed racial ancestry. Their name is also used to refer to a particular style of cuisine.
Who are the Creoles?
I am sometimes referred to as the poet laureate of Harlem and one of my poems served as inspiration for Lorraine Hansberry’s famous play, A Raisin in the Sun.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This past Monday marked 158 years since my birth. During my life, I became a champion of Pan-Africanism and introduced the term “Double Consciousness,” and I passed away in Ghana on the eve of the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is W. E. B. Du Bois?
He was imprisoned on Robben Island from 1964-1982 for his fight against apartheid.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
In Haiti, this dish is traditionally served on January 1st not only in celebration of the new year but also in commemoration of their Independence Day.
What is soup joumou?
This group of fugitive slaves created their own autonomous communities in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
Who are the maroons?
“I think I’ll run away with the ants and live on Mars” said this native Tennessean, graduate of Fisk University, and professor emerita from Virginia Tech.
Who is Nikki Giovanni?
I am known as the founder of the Negritude movement.
Who is Aime Cesaire?
These Jamaica born political activists were the founders of the United Negro Improvement Association.
Who are Marcus Garvey and Amy Ashwood Garvey?
Borrowed from Amharic, it is the word for a spongy flatbread consumed in East African cuisine.
What is injera?
These people live in the sea islands of South Carolina, as well as in parts of North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and have maintained cultural traditions such as language, rice cultivation, and basket weaving for over 300 years.
Who are the Gullah/Geeche people?
You probably know me best by my pen name, my involvement in the Black Arts Movement, and my appointment as the first poet laureate for the city of Philadelphia.
Who is Sonia Sanchez?
Ha! I urge you to disassociate with the idea of Man. It is all a farce and an invention that I interrogate in many of my works.
Who is Sylvia Wynter?
She was a teacher, organizer, and journalist who documented the lynchings of Black Americans during the Jim Crow era and was a founder of the NAACP.
Who is Ida B. Wells-Barnett?
Doubles, or curried chickpea-filled fried sandwiches topped with mango, tamarind, and pepper sauce, are favored snacks on this Caribbean island.
What is Trinidad?
In addition to being native to the Senegambia region of West Africa, this group is also the ethnic group within the region.
Who are the Wolof people?
I am a graduate of the SUNY system, poet laureate for Maryland, and twice Pulitzer Prize finalist for poetry.
Who is Lucille Clifton?
I am a poet, essayist, teacher, and activist. In my writing, I explore issues of gender, race, class, global human rights, and representation. I used my poetry and platform to support liberation struggles in Nicaragua, South Africa, Palestine, and in the United States. Speaking of Black History Month, I penned an essay titled "Black Studies: Bringing Back the Person."
Who is June Jordan?
Due to his Marxist writing, teaching, and organizing, he was considered an enemy of the state and was assassinated in his home country of Guyana.
Who is Walter Rodney?
This popular plantain based dish consumed in the Dominican Republic is one of many culinary creations that are representative of the country’s African heritage.
What is mangú?
This community is largely found living in present-day Honduras and Belize, and claim both indigenous American and African ancestry. They have a distinct language and customs that set them apart from the rest of the population of the nations in which they live
Who are the Garifuna people?
One of my most famous poems is a response to white mob attacks of African Americans during what was known as Red Summer. The poem was published in July 1919 in The Liberator magazine.
Who is Claude McKay?
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An anthropologist and novelist, among other talents, I was the first ethnographer to focus on Black life and folkways in the U.S. South and to do extensive research in the Caribbean. I am arguably also the first African-American woman documentary filmmaker.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?