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Margaret Walker was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1915.
Where was Margaret Walker born and what year?
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She influenced young black authors.
Who did she influence?
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It took her 30 years to write Jubilee.
How long did it take her to write "Jubilee"?
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This an example of personification.
What literary device is this an example of?
"For the cramped bewildered years." |
Billie Holiday
Who wrote "Strange Fruit"?
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Margaret Walker was a teacher.
What was her occupation?
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Her book "For My People" calls for racial awakening.
Her book "For My People" calls for racial awakening.What did her book For My People call for?
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For My People was published in 1942.
What year was "For My People" published?
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This is an example of symbolism.
What literary device is this an example of?
Washing ironing cooking scrubbing sewing mending hoeing plowing digging planting pruning patching dragging along never gaining never reaping never knowing and never understanding. |
Blue, Yellow, Purple, or Pink
What are 2 of the colors Aaron Douglas included in his painting; “Into Bondage”?
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She got a Bachelors degree in Art.
What degree did she get in college?
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Nikki Giovanni or Sonia Sanchez
Who was one of the authors she mentored?
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Jubilee was based on her Great Grandmother's life as a slave.
What is "Jubilee" based on?
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This is an example of allusion.
What literary device is this an example of?
"All the Adams and Eves" |
It is about the Old Testament.
What was Aaron Douglas’s art piece; “Let My People Go” about?
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She died on November 30th, 1988 and she was 83 at the time.
When did she die and how old was she?
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Racial Affirmation
She impacted the view on _____
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She won the Yale Series of Younger Poets.
What was one of the awards she won for "For My People"?
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This is an example of symbolism.
What literary device is this an example of?
"Money-hungry glory-craving leeches" |
Metaphors
Does Billie Holiday’s; “Strange Fruit” include mostly personification, metaphors, or similes?
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