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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| grew up in Harlem, which he portrayed in his first novel Go Tell It on the Mountain. | James Baldwin |
| who's novel Giovanni’s Room | James Baldwin |
| His novel If Beale Street Could Talk | James Baldwin |
| This author also wrote several essays, including an examination of race and religion in The Fire Next Time. | James Baldwin |
| His essay collection Notes of a Native Son begins with “Everybody’s Protest Novel,” | James Baldwin |
| This author has an essay collection called Native Son | James Baldwin |
| became the first African-American person to win a Pulitzer in 1950 for her poetry collection Annie Allen. | Gwendolyn Brooks |
| Many of her works reflect her experiences in Bronzeville like A Street in Bronzeville. | Gwendolyn Brooks |
| her best known poem is "We Real Cool" | Gwendolyn Brooks |
| This author wrote Maud Martha. | Gwendolyn Brooks |
| best known for his novel Invisible Man | Ralph Ellison |
| who wrote Three Days Before the Shooting… | Ralph Ellison |
| Who wrote juneteenth | Ralph Ellison |
| best known for her play A Raisin in the Sun | Lorraine Hansberry |
| who wrote the autobiography To Be Young, Gifted and Black. | Lorraine Hansberry |
| The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window | Lorraine Hansberry |
| Who wrote "I, Too" | Langston Hughes |
| Who wrote "Let America Be America Again" | Langston Hughes |
| Name this author who's poem is “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” | Langston Hughes |
| who's poem is poem “The Weary Blues” | Langston Hughes |
| “Harlem,” is by.... | Langston Hughes |
| Who wrote "What Happens To a Dream Deffered" | Langston Hughes |
| This author was relatively unknown until Alice Walker published an article with the authors name in it. | Zora Neale Hurston |
| Their Eyes Were Watching God is by... | Zora Neale Hurston |
| Mules and men is by... | Zora Neale Hurston |
| who was the first Black woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature and won a Pulitzer for her novel Beloved | Toni Morrison |
| This author wrote a book about Pecola Breedlove, a Black foster child who considers herself ugly and wishes she had blue eyes. name this author of The Bluest Eye. | Toni Morrison |
| about Sethe, a slave who escaped from Sweet Home plantation in Kentucky to 124 Bluestone Road in Cincinnati. Sethe is haunted by the ghost of Beloved, a daughter she killed to prevent her from being returned to slavery. Name this author who wrote Beloved | Toni Morrison |
| which author won a National Book Award and a Pulitzer for her novel The Color Purple, | Alice Walker |
| Name this author who wrote the short story “Everyday Use” | Alice Walker |
| Name this author who published an article called “In Search of Zora Neale Hurston.” | Alice Walker |
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