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Ledger-Enquirer 2002 (mlk2002 krtcampus) | Trivia: Black authors
DallasNews.com (KRT)
In honor of Black History Month, see how much you know
about these prominent African-American authors.
1. Maya Angelou is famed for her collection of
celebrated books, plays, essays and poetry. For which
work was she nominated for a Pulitzer Prize?
A. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
B. "And Still I Rise"
C. "On the Pulse of Morning"
D. "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I
Diiie"
2. Which of the following was NOT a recurring theme in
the works of James Baldwin?
A. Homosexuality
B. Civil rights and racism
C. The horrors of war
D. Religion
3. The first state-owned historic site devoted to
African-Americans in Tennessee was the boyhood home of
what prominent writer?
A. Alex Haley
B. Langston Hughes
C. Harriet Beecher Stowe
D. W.E.B. Du Bois
4. Terry McMillan's first novel received a National
Book Award by the Before Columbus Foundation. What was
its title?
A. "Disappearing Acts"
B. "Mama"
C. "Waiting to Exhale"
D. "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"
5. In 1884, former slave and noted abolitionist author
Frederick Douglass married a white woman nearly 20 years
younger than he was. True or false?
A. True
B. False
Correct answers:
1. "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I
Diiie"
2. The horrors of war
3. Alex Haley
4. "Mama"
5. True
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