African Americans

The Cosby Show aired in 1984 and featured an upper middle class African American family. How many years did it run? HINT: 10+x=18

• 4

• 8

• 11

• 16

• It's still filming

Gospel music is deeply rooted in the rich traditions of the African-American church. During the late 1800s, African-American churches in this US region fused this type of music into their church services.

• the North

• the South

• the West

• British Territories

Rhythm and Blue (R&B 1940) is the product of JAZZ, BLUES, & GOSPEL music from African American Communities. Which artist represents an R&B artist? (pop music of African-American origin with a soulful vocal style)

• Mahalia Jackson

• Louie Armstrong

• Stevie Wonder

• Dizzy Gillespie

• LeVar Burton

The African American Performers Door Contest will be judged Friday morning. (and there is a prize!)

• True

• False

The Color Purple is a 1982 which won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction . It was later adapted into a film and musical of the same name. Who wrote it?

• Alice Walker

• Oprah Winfrey

• Maya Angelou

• Coretta Scott King

• Solomon Northup

What benefits did African Americans hope to find in California?

• wives and husbands

• their children

• freedom from slavery

What was one thing African Americans and Chinese immigrants did in response to the obstacles they faced in California?

• They made their own political system

• They went back home

• They started schools and libraries

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

• Change one to won.

• Change two to too.

• Change medals to meddles.

• Sentence 3 should not be changed.

What is the correct way to write sentences 5?x

• Harriet helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom, to the

  Northern United States and Canada.

• Harriet helped over 300 slaves, escape to freedom to the

  Northern United States and Canada.

• Harriet helped over 300 slaves and escape to freedom to the

  Northern United States and Canada.

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

Which literary device is used in the sentence: 'The struggles of African Americans are a storm that never ends'?

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• Hyperbole