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Guiding Questions
Instructions: While you are listening to the story, write down the answers to the following
questions. We will discuss your answers after you are finished and use these answers to make a
Venn Diagram with another group.
1) Why did this person want to become an artist?
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2) What kinds of barriers or challenges did he or she face in being an artist?

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3) What kind of art did he or she create?
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4) What were this artist’s significant achievements?
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4) How did this artist’s work reflect the African American community?
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