Black Facts Study Guide - ART

“King of Pop”, one of the best selling artists in music history

• Michael Jackson

• Leo Twiggs

• Cathy Hughes

• Zora Neale Hurston

African American artist born in South Carolina, muralist and painter, paintings done in a Batik process, themes include personal and cultural symbols using abstract forms. In 1970, became the first African American student to receive a Doctorate of Arts (Ed.D) from University of Georgia.

• Michael Jackson

• Leo Twiggs

• Shonda Rhimes

• Hattie McDaniel

African American entrepreneur, radio and television personality and business executive, who founded the media company Radio One (now known as Urban One), and when the company went public in 1999, she became the first African American woman to head a publicly traded corporation.

• Hattie McDaniel

• Pearl Primus

• Cathy Hughes

• Issa Rae

American actress, writer, director, producer, and web series creator. She first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl, which led to her creating, co-writing and starring in HBO’s television series, Insecure.

• Shonda Rhimes

• Ava DuVernay

• Pearl Primus

• Issa Rae

American biographical crime comedy drama film directed by Spike Lee, based on the 2014 memoir by Ron Stallworth.

• BlacKkKlansman

• American Negro Theatre (ANT)

• The Negro Speaks of Rivers

• Harlem Renaissance

American dancer, choreographer and anthropologist who played an important role in the presentation of African dance to American audiences.

• Ava DuVernay

• Pearl Primus

• Hattie McDaniel

• Tracee Ellis Ross

American film director, producer, screenwriter, film marketer, and film distributor who became the first African American woman to produce a $100+ million dollar film, Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time.

• Misty Copeland

• Carmen Jones

• Ava DuVernay

• Pearl Primus

American jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader. He is regarded as one of the greatest jazz composers and a prolific performer of his time.

• Henry Ossawa Tanner

• Jacob Lawrence

• Leo Twiggs

• Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington

American stage actress, professional singer songwriter, and comedian. She is best known for her role as "Mammy" in Gone with the Wind (1939), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first Academy Award won by an African American entertainer.

• Hattie McDaniel

• Shonda Rhimes

• Carmen Jones

• Zora Neale Hurston

American television producer, television and film writer, and author. She is best known as the showrunner—creator, head writer, and executive producer—of the television medical drama Grey's Anatomy and the political thriller series Scandal. In 2007, she was named one of TIME magazine's 100 People Who Help Shape the World.

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Shonda Rhimes

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Ava DuVernay