Firsts in Literature
Test your knowledge as it relates to
African-Americans in Literature.
Choose from answers found below.
Answer Choices
a. Paul Laurence Dunbar |
d. Phillis Wheatley |
f. Gwendolyn Brooks |
h. The Conjure Man Dies |
- __ Who was the first African-American to publish a volume of poetry?
- __ Who wrote the first novel to be published by an African-American?
- __ Who was the first African-American poet to receive national recognition?
- __ What was the first mystery novel written by an African-American?
- __ Who was the first African-American woman to win a Guggenheim Fellowship?
- __ Who was the first African-American to win a Pulitzer Prize?
- __ Who was the nation's first African-American Poet Laureate?
- __ Who was the first African-American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
- __ Which African-American author wrote the first novel chosen for the Book-of-the-Month selection?
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