Black and Lit
Alice Walker
Who is the legal professional who coined the term "intersectionality" in 1989, to describe the compunded experiences of privilige and discrimination across different matrices of identity
Which US President received allegations of being a War Criminal for double-tap drone strikes, broadening of the definition of combatant, and his Yemen Conflict Supports
Barack Obama!!
The first Black writer to win the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay
Ryan Coogler
What type of Black is Nicola
Jamaican
What is the name of the science fiction author who wrote Parable of the Sower, the Patternist Series, and was the first sci-fi author to win the McArthur Fellowship
Octavia Butler
What is the name of the activist and playwright best known for the groundbreaking play “A Raisin in the Sun,” and the first Black playwright and youngest American to win a New York Critics’ Circle Award
Lorraine Hansberry
The massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015 which resulted in the death of nine people including the senior pastor and South Carolina State Senator Clementa C. Pinckney, was conducted by
Dylan Roof
Who was the First Black person to win an Oscar
Hattie McDaniel
Gone with the Wind
Which Black Pop Star did Nicola dress as this year for Halloween
Michael Jackson
The poet who was popular during the Harlem Renaissance and wrote the following excerpt of a poem:
"Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.
(America never was America to me.)
Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.
(It never was America to me.)"
Langston Hughes
Who was was an American investigative journalist, sociologist, educator, early leader in the civil rights movement and one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) who lived from (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931).
She was also famous for writing "Southern Horrors" and "On Lynching"
Ida B Wells
About how many slaves died during the journey through the Middle Passage
2 million
Which actor was the first Black Man to win an Oscar, refused to book roles that played into racist ttereotypes, and used his stardom to advance and assist in funding the civil rights movement
Sideny Poitier
Where (what venue) did Nicola tear her ACL
The Space Ballroom in Hamden
What is the source text and author of this quote,
“I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ; I therefore hatethe corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial, and hypocritical Christianity of this land. Indeed, I can see no reason, but the most deceitful one, for calling the religion of this land Christianity. I look upon it as the climax of all misnomers, the boldest of all frauds, and the grossest of all libels.”
Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglass by Fredrick Douglass
Which Social Theorist, born into slavery in 1858, wrote "A Voice from the South", and was considered a Mother of Black Feminism
Anna Julia Cooper
The extermination of the Herrero and Nama people from 1904-1908 leading to an 80% decrease from their pre-war population, also known as the Namibian Genocide and the first genocide of the 20th century, was carried out by which nation
The German Empire a.k.a Germany
Which African American cabaret dancer, born in 1906, was the first Black woman to appear in a silent film, and secretly served as an Intelligence Operant in the French Resistance against the Nazis
Josephine Baker
What was the name of Nicola's first pet?
Cody
Which book authored by Ralph Ellison, centers on the surreal experience of Black Men in the 20th century, won the National Book Award in 1952
Invisble Man
What was the name of the openly gay Black Man acted as a key advisor to Martin Luther King Jr. and organized the 1963 March on Washington
Bayard Rustin
What is the name of the racially motivated massacre of Black people and the destruction of a Black town that took place January 1923 in rural Levy County, Florida, leading to the death of 27 to 150 people
Rosewood Massacre
Which Black singer-song writer sold over 65 million records and was considered to be a pioneer of Rock and Roll music and was described as "the Real King of Rock and Roll" by the Beatles
Fats Domino
Which quintessential Black Feminist does Nicola share a birthday with
Ida B Wells