Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison was the first African American to win what prize in literature?
the Nobel Prize
How long did Maya Angelou stop speaking?
5 years
What prompted Wells to start investigating the widespread horror of lynching?
When three of her friends were murdered
Who were Frederick Douglass parents?
His mother was a slave and his father was a white man who may have been his slave owner.
What does it mean to be proactive?
Planning ahead by starting with the end in my mind; creating a goal and making a plan to accomplish it.
What did Morrison teach for several years before moving to New York?
English to college students
Angelou was the first African American female to perform what job?
Cable car conductor
What was the name of the newspaper Ida B. Wells co-owned?
Memphis Free Speech
Douglass noticed there was a connection between what two things?
Knowledge and Freedom
What is and HBCU?
Historically Black College University
What is the name of the Novel Morrison wrote that became a movie starring Oprah Winfrey?
Beloved
How many grammys did Maya Angelou win?
3
Wells confounded what association?
NAACP
How did Frederick Douglass escape slavery?
Finish the sentence. Everything you want to know is in a ________.
Book
Who awarded Morrison the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012?
What traumatic event caused Maya Angelou to stop speaking for a few years?
Sexual abuse and violence
What office did Wells run for?
Illinois State Senate
Douglass was an outspoken supporter of who's rights?
Women's Rights
Name week 1, 2, and 3's word of the week in order?
Patience, perseverance, and prudence
Who were Morrison's novels often about?
African American women struggling to find their way in a racist society.
What are the names of the TWO activist Maya Angelou worked with?
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
Ida B. Wells started off her career documenting the epidemic of lynching. What does lynching mean?
To kill someone by hanging
At fifteen, Douglass was sent to a different farm to work for a brutal (mean) man known as a "Slave breaker". What is a slave breaker?
A person who specializes in breaking slaves of "bad" behavior.
Name ONE character that we learned about last week.
Richard Allen, Madam C.J. Walker, Alvin Ailey, Jean-Michel Basquiat