Black History Trivia Question 3
Physician
Astronaut
October 17, 1956
Morgan Park High school
1973
Stanford University
1977
Chemical engineering
African
Afro-American
Cornell Medical College
Cuba, Kenya, and Thailand
Peace Corps
Liberia and Sierra Leone
Nichelle Nichols
Uhura
Star Trek
1983
Second
Endeavor
Mae Carol Jemison
“I knew I could sing. I didn’t know if I could forgive”.
Born in a small town in ________ ________, _______ the youngest of five children, __________ _________displayed a passion for music. As early as age six, she performed with her brother the complicated music of _______. She practiced at home using the family _____ and in their local ________ church.
She was admitted into the _________ of _______ at ________ in ____. She was part of the ____class of African American undergraduate students to attend the university. In ______She auditioned and was awarded the leading role in the university's production of ____. The role called for her to play opposite the love interest of a white Aeneas. The casting of Barbara incited a campus-wide controversy that escalated to the Texas legislature. In one of the notable episodes in U.S. civil rights history, Smith was told by University administrators that she could not perform the role. The president of the university was advised to remove her from the cast. Choosing to remain at the school, she earned a _________ of __________ degree from the university in ____.
After graduation, she joined _____, the entertainment labor union. Since they already had another person registered with the same name, it was at this time that she began using her father's first name, _____. She was with the __________ _________ for ____ years, from ____to _____. Her longest running role that was ___________ in __ ___________.
Sbe played performed for ______ ______ ______ __, portrayed _________ __________ in the 1977 ABC movie “____________ and _________: The White House Years". In _____, she was invited by President _______ to sing at the White House in honor of Lady Bird Johnson's __ th birthday. Among her many other accomplishments is her recording of a collection of Negro spirituals with the choir of the _________ _____________ Baptist Church.
Today she continues to complement her performing activities with artist residencies and master classes, establishing herself as one of the foremost builders of voice both in the U.S. and abroad. She is the co-director and co-founder of the ______________ ___________ _________ at the Manhattan School of Music.
She first returned to the university in 1985 to accept a distinguished alumna award. Since then, she has become an ambassador for the university, teaching master classes and even placing her papers at the _______ Center . In ____ she was honored by the Texas Legislature, the same body that had caused her so much grief decades earlier.
She was highlighted and co-directed the documentary “When I Rise”, which recently aired on PBS.
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