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Question 1: Describe the ways in which local leaders and parents provided support for the cultural training and educational institutions for their communities.
Question 2: Analyze the ways in which black artists used their diverse artistic talents and skills to support social justice struggles at home and abroad.
Distinguish the differences between the music genres or styles of big band, bebop, and swing.
Question 3: Analyze the ways in which popular presentations of African Americans in popular culture may have reinforced negative stereotypes during the Great Depression era.
Question 4: Describe the similarities and delineate the differences between key authors, artists, musicians, and performers who were prominent in the Black Chicago Renaissance.
Question 5: Discuss the ways in which black graphic artists offered different ways to view or express the ways in which they reimagined themselves and their people.
Question 6: Compare and contrast the nuanced differences and similarities in the works and lives of the twentieth century's most prominent African-American writers. Identify similar and shared themes in their novels.
Question 7: Analyze the contributions African-American sports figures made to American culture and the barriers that they overcame in order to do so.
Question 8: Identify some of the strongest characteristics of black religious culture and how the church was transformed into a haven for those engaged in resistance struggles.
discussion questions
What roles did Hollywood allow for blacks in the 1930s and 1940s? How did black actors respond to theses limitations
What was the significance of Joe Louis and his boxing career during the 1930s and 1940s?
What was Anderson's reaction to the news that the D.A.R... cancelled her performance?
What were Anderson's concerns about the Lincoln Memorial venue? Why was she uncomfortable?
How did Anderson react when she eventually sang at Constitution Hall?
What impact did Anderson's concert have on civil rights and African Americans?