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Black History in the Arts

Authored by Nicole Satchell

History

12th Grade

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Black History in the Arts
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor?

Morgan Freeman

Denzel Washington

Will Smith

Sidney Poitier

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which famous poet wrote the poem 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers' at the age of 17?

Emily Dickinson

Langston Hughes

Maya Angelou

Ralph Waldo Emerson

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first African American to have a play performed on Broadway?

Maya Angelou

Langston Hughes

Zora Neale Hurston

Lorraine Hansberry

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which African American artist is known for his paintings depicting the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North?

Leonardo da Vinci

Vincent van Gogh

Pablo Picasso

Jacob Lawrence

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama?

Charles Gordone

Langston Hughes

Maya Angelou

James Baldwin

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which African American musician is known as the 'King of Pop'?

Stevie Wonder

James Brown

Michael Jackson

Prince

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Toni Morrison

Maya Angelou

Zora Neale Hurston

Langston Hughes

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