Black Arts Movement Quiz Bowl

This person rejects the title often given to him as "Godfather of Rap".

________ is considered the founder of the Black Arts Movement.

Huey Newton, Elbert Howard, and Bobby Seale found what organization?

She sang R-E-S-P-E-C-T

This movement was a call to action to make art for and about blacks.

"And Still I Rise" was written by _____.

Who wrote "We Real Cool"?

Gill Scott-Heron wrote _______.

Weusi Artist create art invoking white themes and symbols.

Who wrote "Quilts"?

____ was a singer, dancer, poet, and novelist.

Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry?

What is the name of this piece of art?

Who defined the term Black Art?

Who sung "I'm Black and I'm Proud"?

This Caroline Lawrence Piece is known as ________.

Which activist death is attributed to the creation of the Black Arts Movement?

______was known as a theater scholar often collaborating with Amiri Baraka.

"The Revolution will not be televised" was written by _____.

Time period of The Black Arts Movement

Was Backlash Blues a tribute to Langston Hughes?

_____ was a political, social, and economic movement for the community?

_______ won a Pulitzer Prize.

Who wrote " Ballard of Birmingham"?

This artist's controversial piece was "Flag For the Moon"?

Who wrote "Nikki-Rosa"?

Who coined the term "Black Art" in the 1965 poem of the same title?

This person states, "everybody knows that they wouldn't like to be a black man in this country."

Marvin Gaye's song inspired by Police Brutality is called?

This art piece is called ______.

_________ sang a mix of jazz, blues, and folk music.

____ wrote "We Beg Your Pardon".

______ believed the Black Arts Movement was a ethical movement?

This individual popularized the term Power to the People.

What movement is associated with this symbol?

The Ballad of Birmingham is about

Known as the aesthetic and spiritual sister of the Black Power Concept.

Maya Angelou and Sonia Sanchez are members of the same Sorority.