Florida A and M University - Rattler Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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Test Your Knowledge Of Black Au- thors By' 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Salandrae Soles He achieved his degrees at Fisk and Harvard, taught at Wilber- force, University of Pennsyl- vaniz, and Atlanta University. Under his leadership a confer- ence of Black activists merged with a group of white leaders to form the NAACP. A. Booker T. Washington B. W.E.B. Dubois C. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was born on a plantation near Natchez in 1908. He edu- cated himself and migrated to Chicago. Some of his famous works include Native Son, Down By The Riverside, and Uncle Tom's Children. A. Paul Lawrence Dunbar B. Langston Hughes C. Richard Wright She was born in Bessemer, Ala- bama in 1938 and educated at Knoxville College. She taught English in the high schools in Birmingham and at Bessemer. She traveled in Scotland, spent one summer at the Breadloaf Writers Conference in Middle- bury, and is now living in New York City. She wrote Testimon- ials and I, Woman. A. Nikki Giovanni B. Julia Fields C. Gwendolyn Brooks He was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1872 and died in 1906. He was the son of former slaves but was still educated in the public high school. Lacking funds, he could not go to college and took a job as an elevator operator while struggling to make his mark as a poet. He wrote, Oak and lvy, Majors and Minors, We Wear The Mask. A. Paul Lawrence Dunbar B. Richard Wright C. Benjamin Banneker At the age of seven, she was sold in a Boston slave market to John Wheatley. She was treated as a loved member of the fam- ily, taught to read, given reli- gious instruction, and when her poetic gifts were discovered, encouraged to read widely in English literature, classical 6. 7. 8. 9. mythology, and the Bible. She wrote, On Being Brought from Africa To America, To His Ex- cellency General Washington. A. Phyllis Wheatley B. Julia Fields C. Nikki Giovanni He won every prize and award available to writers of the period between 1920 and 1965 and yet he managed to preserve his identity as a spokesman for his race. He is famous for his writ- ing called Soul Gone Home. l L,.. A. Claude McKay B. Marcus Garvey C. Langston Hughes He was born in Jamaica in 1887. He founded his Universal Negro Improvement Association as a separatist organization to most members of the Blackamerican groups. The Black Star Line had only two ships, one at the Nor- folk pier, the other was im- pounded by the coast guard for illegal traffic in liquor. A. Marcus Garcey B. Charles Chestnut C. Eldridge Cleaver He assumed a tolerant and for- giving attitude toward the past and chose to relinquish political and social right in favor of eco- nomic development through vo- cational training. His autobiog- raphy is called Up From Slavery. A. Fredrick Douglass B. Booker T. Washington C. Ralph Ellison She was born in Topeka, Kan- sas, educated in Chicago at Wil- son Junior College. She won the Pulitzer prize for poetry in 1949 for Annie Allen. She has also written Maud Martha and ln the Mecca. A. Gwendolyn Brooks B. Zora C. Julia Fields She is a native of Toledo Ohio, formerly an instructor and writ- er in residence at Indiana Uni- versity, Purdue University, ln- dianapolis. She is also producer- fdirector of a television series The Black Experience A. Frances Harper B. Margaret Walker C. Mari Evans iii ,... .ite 4 3- f if 1- l A V, 1- . 1. I it X Q 1 ig i ' gtk I , . Venom 837129

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