Question 1

Who wrote the book "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

Accepted Answer

Maya Angelou - Maya Angelou's famous autobiography "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" was published in 1969.

Question 2

Who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry?

Accepted Answer

Phillis Wheatley - Phillis Wheatley's "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral" was published in 1773. Wheatley was a formerly enslaved person, born in West Africa, kidnapped, and sold into slavery. She had to prove that she had written her poetry in an examination in court in 1772, as many colonists did not think it was possible and enslaved woman was writing such excellent poetry.

Question 3

This period was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in NYC, spanning the 1920s-30s

Accepted Answer

Harlem Renaissance

Question 4

Which of the following poets was a key leader in the Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 5

Which writer and abolitionist gave his last public lecture on West Chester University’s campus on February 1, 1895, just nineteen days before his death?.ty

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

Question 6

Which prolific author published the novel "If Beale Street Could Talk," which was adapted into an award-winning film in 2018?

Accepted Answer

James Baldwin - Baldwin was an accomplished orator, particularly during the Civil Rights Movement. Other famous works of his include "Giovanni's Room" and "Notes of a Native Son." Baldwin's work tackled the intersecting subjects of race and sexuality, often featuring Black gay and bisexual main characters long before the gay liberation movement.

Question 7

Which author wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God," often considered a classic of the Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Zora Neale Hurston - Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" tells the story of Janie Crawford, a Black woman in the early 20th century who embarks on a journey to find her own identity and independence.

Question 8

Who was the first African American woman to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature?

Accepted Answer

Toni Morrison  - Morrison, a prolific writer of works such as "Beloved," received the award in 1993. Her acceptance speech has become and acclaimed piece of literature in itself. In it, Morrison said “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”

Question 9

Which writer is the author of the book "The Color Purple," which currently has a movie adaptation in theaters?

Accepted Answer

Alice Walker

Verses of Change Event - Black History Month Trivia

2) Who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry?

3) This period was an intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in NYC, spanning the 1920s-30s

4) Which of the following poets was a key leader in the Harlem Renaissance?

5) Which writer and abolitionist gave his last public lecture on West Chester University’s campus on February 1, 1895, just nineteen days before his death?.ty

6) Which prolific author published the novel "If Beale Street Could Talk," which was adapted into an award-winning film in 2018?

7) Which author wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God," often considered a classic of the Harlem Renaissance?

8) Who was the first African American woman to receive a Nobel Prize in Literature?

9) Which writer is the author of the book "The Color Purple," which currently has a movie adaptation in theaters?