African American History question

Television

Because television is produced, everything that is shown on TV has a purpose. What does blackface being on television tell us about pop culture?

The Media wanted a way to remind People that Black folks are still inferior.

Who was the father of minstrelsy?

Thomas Dartmouth Rice

Who is the author of the1852 antislavery saga Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Television networks had to consider [ ____] when it came to the marketability, advertising, and potential audience of their programing.

The Southern Factor

Which two Beulah actresses pushed back against the Mammy trope?

Waters and Beavers

Which Black actress was a part of the first interracial kiss on TV?

Nichelle Nichols

. Who was the Black comedian who reinvented the variety show, playing a new take on a Sapphire character named Geraldine Jones?

Flip Wilson

Which sitcom is a spin-off of Norman Lear’s All in the Family centering on the neighboring Black couple George and Lousie?

The Jeffersons

Sesame Street is rooted in African-American culture, getting its inspiration from a historically Black neighborhood named:

Harlem

What made The Bill Cosby Show different from the other television programs of the ’80s?

All of the above

Examining athlete’s physical and medical ability through the use of a combine, modern-day NFL scouts be compared to which plantation position?

Overseer