Black Classics Scholars, short review

What is "Classics"?

• The culture, history, languages and material remains of all ancient civilizations around the world.

• A work of art of recognized and established value.

• The study of ancient Mediterranean languages and cultures, including Greek and Latin.

• Researching the origins and meanings of films and shows from the 20th century.

William Sanders Scarborough wrote a textbook for _____ that was nationally acclaimed.

• Greek

• Latin

• Hebrew

• medicine

• law

Reuben Shannon Lovinggood was...

• the first president of Samuel Huston College, now Huston-Tillotson University.

• the president of the Republic of Liberia, a young nation in West Africa.

• the second president of the American Philological Association.

• focused his academic work teaching Greek and Latin in the spring of 1900.

Edward Wilmot Blyden was...

• the first president of Samuel Huston College, now Huston-Tillotson University.

• the president of the Republic of Liberia, a young nation in West Africa.

• the second president of the American Philological Association.

• focused his academic work teaching Greek and Latin in the spring of 1900.

True or False? Classics scholarship is an important part of Black History.

• True.

• False.

Richard Theodore Greener attended Harvard University and become a professor of... (Choose ALL that apply)

• Greek

• Latin

• Philosophy

• Law

John Wesley Edward Bowen taught ______ at Tennessee College

• Greek and Latin

• accounting

• nursing

• maths

Lewis Baxter Moore earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania. His dissertation (final essay) was about...

• the time Moore wrote his dissertation.

• the first person of African descent to earn a doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania.

• fine art: sculptures of characters in Sophocles' plays

• drama: the stage in Sophocles' plays

True or False? Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) are not leaders in the field of Classics.

• True.

• False