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- 1. In the late 1990s, she coined the term Afrofuturism.
- 5. A tradition of an African American wedding ceremony still honored today, which can be traced back to when brooms were used during slavery in the United States as a way for enslaved people to get married since they could not legally wed in the country.
- 7. A Harvard-educated writer, critic, and educator hailed as the "dean" of the Harlem Renaissance.
- 12. Spanned from the 1910s through the 1930s and marked a crucial juncture in African American cultural history, instilling in African Americans a sense of excellence, self-determination and shared identity through various artisitic expressions.
- 15. A four wall line dance set to Marcia Giffith's and Bunny Walker's song "Electric Boogie."
- 16. Her inaugural poem, "The Hill We Climb," spoke to an Afrofuturist vision of hope, environmentally sustainable utopic, racial uplift and global peace.
- 17. Following the Civil War, when hundreds of thousands of African Americans moved from the South to Northern Cities to pursue improved economic prospects and civil rights.
- 19. A cultural movement that combines African aesthetics, history, and technology to reimagine the future.
- 20. Sectioned and parted braids using hair extensions which get their name from the square shaped divisions of hair on the scalp. When done and cared for correctly, this style can serve as a beautiful protective style without causing harm to one's hair.
- 21. A fast and easy hair style worn right after wash and conditioning the hair without the use of heat.
- 22. Hairstyles are designed to minimize manipulation and exposure of the hair to environmental elements and are used to retain healthy hair by keeping it in a style for a certain period of time.
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- 2. Also know as AfriCOBRA, was a Chicago-based organziation of Black artists that started in 1968.
- 3. A popular, modern day line dance that was picked by First Lady Michelle Obama for her "Let's Move" campaign to combat childhood obesity.
- 4. First black staff photographer commissioned by Life magazine in 1956 to document segregation in Alabama. He captured the cruelties he saw in society and used photos as means for protest.
- 6. Founding member of AfriCOBRA, whose work embodies the group's visual and theoretical ideals and celebrates personal style and art as forms of Black creativity and political resistance.
- 8. A tool used to press and transform women’s curly or wavy hair texture into hair that is straightened from root to tip
- 9. Genre of music with a tropical/techno inspiration that comes from the growing African music hotbeds of Nigeria, Ghana, Congo, South Africa and many others.
- 10. Often cited as a foundational figure in Afrofuturism, this writer has won four Nebula Awards, two Hugo Awards and a Stonewall Book Award. He was also inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.
- 11. America singer, songwriter and pianist, regarded as one of history's most iconic and influential singers. He was among the first artists to openly reject Jim Crow laws in the South.
- 13. A method of straightening natural curls without a chemical relaxer. Instead, this hairstyling technique uses a blow-dryer and flat iron to smooth out the hair.
- 14. This protective style involves unraveling braided strands created with three strands of hair. This look can enhance the look of natural hair by securing the curl pattern which gives waves definition.
- 18. Artist whom created the piece, "Bar and Grill," in 1941, which depicts the interior of a café with a wall that segregates the space beteen white and Black patrons.
- 23. America artist behind the exhibition "Flah of the Spirit," which utilizes Afrofuturistic images that conjure the past and future to make sense of the present.