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| the first AA Country Music artist in twenty years to make the country music top 40 with his #1 hit "Don't think I Don't Think About It". |
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| a noted speaker and writer whose topics extensively spoke of unfair treatment of African Americans |
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| wrote "Lift Every Voice and Sing", the black national anthem |
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| a famous AA playwright who is best known for her play, "A Raisin in the Sun" |
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| Her powerful voice destroyed the racial barriers in classical music. She was the first AA contralto to sing at the Metropolitan Opera |
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| the first AA female White House Chief Photographer. She served under the Clinton Administration. |
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| In 1988 this author won a Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved". |
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| In 1993 at President Clinton's inauguration, this world renowned poet read her poem |
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| On the Pulse of the Morning |
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| the poem read by Maya Angelou in 1993 at President Clinton's inauguration |
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| the author of a famous piece of AA literature entitled, "Native Son" |
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| a dancer, choreographer, and civil rights activist who was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1989. She was best known for bringing African and Caribbean influences to the world of dance. |
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| won the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poems, "Annie Allen" |
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| won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, "Roots". |
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| was educated in Los Angeles. He was the first AA to win a Nobel Peace Prize. |
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| was the first African American to have a starring role in a continuing dramatic series on television. |
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| was recognized as the first African American sculptor. |
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| became the first AA to ever conduct the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. |
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| published the "Red Record" a pamphlet against lynching. |
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| Halle Berry and Denzel Washington |
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| was awarded Oscars for Best Actress and Actor in 2002. The first time the award was simultaneously won by AA actors |
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| was honored by the NAACP with seven image Awards for her contributions to the visual arts |
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| is known as the "Princess of Black Poetry" |
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| was a singer of blues, jazz, gospel, and country and western music. He performed at Carnegie Hall with the hit songs, "Georgia" and "Born to Lose". He was instrumental in the invention of rock and roll. |
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| In 1983 she won the Pulitzer Prize for "Color Purple". |
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| came to be called "poet laureate of the Negro Race" |
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| was the first black artist to receive a Spingarn Medal of Honor |
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| blues singer /guitarist and father of the boogie |
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| 1990 she designed the portrait of FranklinD.Roosevelt on the U.S dime |
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| Was a famous ragtime pianist and composer.One of his famous songs was the "THE STING" |
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| founded "Harpo studio in 1989 " |
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| husband and wife team civil rights activist and actors whose work was honored in 2000 |
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| Follow the drinking gourd |
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| the message in the lyrics. Gave the route to freedom using the North STAR |
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| became the first African American artist commissioned to paint an official presidential portrait. He painted Bill Clinton |
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| Was the first African American inducted into the rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame |
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| an African American , cowboy won the title "DeadWoodDick"in a roping contest |
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