1. Allusions Raisin in the Sun

2. Lorraine Hansberry

4. 1. Bantu language Common family of African languages below the equator
Out of about 250 Bantu languages, Swahili is the most common Bantu language.

5. 2. Great sculpture of Benin
From Benin (next to Nigeria)
Art mostly animal heads
14th-17th century

6. 3. Booker T. Washington
Founded Tuskegee institute (trade school)
Educator
Promoted blacks in trade (manual labor) rather than intellectual pursuits
Many blacks disagreed!

7. 4. Chicago’s Southside Large black population, esp. after WWII.
Reputation of being poor, crimes
1940s- lot of immigration of blacks

8. 5. Shaka Zulu
19th century warrior king
Improved weaponry

9. 6. Ethiopia East Africa Referred to in the Bible (Queen of Sheba)
Cradle of ancient civilization

11. 7. Conked head A straightened hair style for men
Painful and high maintenance!
Popular 1920s-60s
Natural
Some considered it “self-degrading” and denying their black identity to change their natural hair.
Conked

12. 8. “if the salt loses its savor” (Biblical reference)
Matthew 5:13: You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.”
Beneatha refers to this, mockingly, to Mama

13. 9. Monsieur le petit bourgeois noir
“Mister small business man” (in French)
Bourgeois = middle class

14. 10. Mrs.Miniver 1942 movie – during WWII
English housewife – known for courage

15. 11. Nigeria West Africa Most populated country in Africa
Became independent 1960
Leader in art, literature, music, craftmanship

16. 12. peckerwood
Derogatory term for poor working class whites, “cracker,” “white trash”
These “peckerwoods” were considered loud and troublesome like the bird
Used by upper class whites and southern blacks

17. 13. Prometheus Greek Titan Punished by Zeus for giving fire to mortals
Punished by having his liver eaten out by an eagle EVERY DAY

18. 14. Scarlett O’Hara Main character from Gone with the Wind
Southern belle
Helpless  grows in strength

19. 15. sharecroppers
Tenant farmer, paid rent by giving a share of crops to land owner
Popular up to the 50s in South for cotton

20. 16. Songhai dynasty Western Africa, Mali 1000 -1591 AD.
Boasted the city of Timbuktu
Largest, richest

21. 17. Nature of quiet desperation
From Henry David Thoreau’s Walden.
Most men lead lives this way – unsatisfied, desperate, but they don’t do anything to make change!