Black History Quiz

Who wrote the play "A Raisin in the Sun?"

• James Baldwin

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Dorothy, from "The Wiz."

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This writer and activist moved to Paris , died there, and was buried in Harlem.

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Zora Neale Hurston

• James Baldwin

• Deebo

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This writer died in the south, poor and virtually unknown.

• Zora Neale Hurtson

• James Baldwin

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Shonda Rhimes

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Who wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God?

• Mindy Kaling

• Lorraine Hansberry

• James Baldwin

• Zora Neale Hurston

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This lady dropped out of college to pursue a career as a writer in New York.

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Kerry Washington

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Pam, from "The Office."

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This lady spent two years pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at Columbia University.

• Jennifer Aniston

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Kharlie Carpenter

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Who wrote "The Fire Next Time," about the problem with white Christians in America?

• Zora Neale Hurston

• James Baldwin

• Desmond Bane

• Lorraine Hansberry

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This activist and writer died in her 30s of pancreatic cancer.

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Gloria Steinem

• Zora Neale Hurston

• James Baldwin

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What was the original name of "A Raisin in the Sun?"

• The Crystal Stair

• Harlem

• A Grape in the Sun

• The Grapes of Wrath

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Finish this poem....

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore—And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over— like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sag like a heavy load.

• Or does it implode?

• Or does it decode?

• Or does it explode?

• Or does it unload?

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