Black History in the Arts

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

• Morgan Freeman

• Denzel Washington

• Will Smith

• Sidney Poitier

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

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

• Maya Angelou

• Langston Hughes

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Lorraine Hansberry

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

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

• Charles Gordone

• Langston Hughes

• Maya Angelou

• James Baldwin

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

• Stevie Wonder

• James Brown

• Michael Jackson

• Prince

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

• Toni Morrison

• Maya Angelou

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Langston Hughes

Which African American artist is famous for her colorful and abstract paintings?

• Harriet Tubman

• Maya Angelou

• Alma Thomas

• Rosa Parks

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

• Halle Berry

• Viola Davis

• Angela Bassett

• Octavia Spencer

Which famous African American playwright wrote the play 'Fences'?

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Maya Angelou

• Langston Hughes

• August Wilson