BHB Round 1: Arts & Entertainment (9th/11th)

In what city was trumpeter Louis Armstrong born?

Who was the author of the hit play A Raisin in The Sun ?

What Harlem theatre is a showcase for Black talent?

What term refers generally to the artistic and socio-cultural awakening among black people in the 1920s and early 1930s?

Who was the first Black American woman chosen as Miss America?

Nominated for a National Book Award, what is Maya Angelou's first autobiography?

She was known as the “Queen of Gospel Music” and her 1st single “Move On Up a Little Higher” sold over a million copies:

What artistic medium did Gordon Parks use to expose Black American's deprivation and racial discrimination?

What Alex Haley novel was made into a television mini-series in 1977 with nearly 130 million viewers?

What TV comedy show made Eddie Murphy a household name?

Specializing in portraits of black leaders, Harlem Renaissance arts educator Augusta Savage was what type of artist?

What section of New York City became the capital of urban Black American culture?

What television program has received over 25 Emmy awards and has been the highest-rated talk show in television history?

Who was the first Black American to win a Pulitzer Prize?

In 2001, Denzel Washington become only the second African American man to win a Best Actor Academy Award for which film?

Scott Joplin played his ragtime music on what instrument?

What was the first record company to market rap music to the national audience?

What is the name of the Harlem club where many famous Black American entertainers began their careers?

What is the longest, continuously running, first-run syndicated television show in history?

Who is the author of the critically acclaimed novel "Waiting to Exhale" ?