Stage Strutters & Scene Stealers

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  1. 1. Known as the longest running music group in America (Founded in 1939) and won five grammy awards. The group was also granted a Lifetime Achievement award. Their cover of the song “Way down in the whole” was used as the theme song for the HBO series “The Wire.”
  2. 4. A magician that started in magic at age six as her father's assistant. She later became the world's first headlining African American female magician.
  3. 6. A male dancer, choreographer and the “Grandfather of Vogue,” whose dance style was introduced to the public in the award-winning 1990 documentary “Paris is Burning” and was popularized by Madonna’s 1990 hit song, “Vogue.”
  4. 9. A professional body builder who was the winner of Mr. Olympia title for 8 consecutive years and won 26 International Fitness and Body Building (IFBB) professional titles. He was inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame in 2016.
  5. 10. A self-taught puppeteer and ventriloquist, she joined "Sesame Street" as a full-time caster member in 2021, becoming the first Black female puppeteer in the show's history.
  6. 12. American writer whose 1976 book was adapted into a miniseries of the same name and aired in 1977 on ABC to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.
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  1. 2. A poet and teacher who was the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her work Annie Allen (1950). After hearing her recite her poem “The Ballad of Pearl May Lee,” world renowned poet, Langston Hughes, became a fan of her work and acted as her mentor.
  2. 3. Is an actor and movie producer who is known for many of his leading roles such as Remember the Titans, American Gangster, Antwone Fisher, and Fences.
  3. 5. A 1940’s actress who was first African-American to win an Oscar for the film, “Gone With the Wind” and paved the way for black representation in the Hollywood film industry.
  4. 7. An actor and graduate of Howard University who went on to take many leading roles throughout his career and was most known for his leading role in the movie “Black Panther.”
  5. 8. A civil rights activist and Broadway star who hit his break playing a role in Broadway’s “A Raisin in the Sun” and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 1994.
  6. 11. An actress, writer, producer, and comedian who responded, "I'm rooting for everybody black!", on the 69th Primetime Emmy Award's Red Carpet.