African American History Month

The Newbery Medal is awarded to the book that has made the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children in the year it was published in 2023. What is the book's title and who is the author?

• Freewater

• A Raisin in the Sun

• Sidney Poitier

• Amina Luqman-Dawson

In 2020, the first graphic novel won the Newbery award. What are the book's name and author?

• Jerry Craft

• Gone with the Wind

• New Kid

• Medgar Evers

What song appeared on movie soundtracks, music videos, commercials, video games, sports competitions, and at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle? What is the name of that song and the performer/ co- writer?

• Brown Skin Girl

• Ben. E King

• Stand by Me

• Nikki Giovanni

The first Pixar film to feature an African American protagonist won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score. What was the Pixar film's name?

• Soul

• Gone with the Wind

• A Raisin in the Sun

• What the Girls wants

Who was the writer/ leader for the Harlem Renaissance?

• John Mercer Langston

• Thomas Dorsey

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Sidney Poitier

John Mercer Langston has a school named after him?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

• Who cares

John Mercer Langston is known for what poem?

• Not without laughter

• Lilles of the field

• The Negro speaks of Rivers

• Gone with the wind

John Mercer Langston Hughes is known for what novel?

• Promise of Chang'an

• Because of love

• All out of love

• Not without Laughter

In 1959 a play was released by an African American woman for the first time on Broadway. What was the woman's name and the play title?

• A Raisin in the Sun

• Hattie Mae Daniels

• Lorraine Hansberry

• A girl like me

What is Jazz influenced by?

• Africa

• Europe

• Asia

• South America