Katherine Dunham is called the "Matriarch and Queen Mother of Black Dance."
Today's Question:
What is the two-word phrase coined by economist Thorstein Veblen to describe the ostentatious display of wealth made by the nouveau riche?
My guess would be "conspicuous consumption."
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, July 20, 2011; http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/biographies/dunham.html; http://www.helloiamadancer.com/.a/6a0147e0f97857970b014e86287426970d-800wi; http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/behind/behind_blackdance.html; http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/22.html)
Compiled by Otto & Patricia Ladensack
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