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Black History Trivia

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1. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'






2. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that slaves were property - that blacks were not citizens - and that the MI Compromise was unconstitutional?






3. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






4. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?






5. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






6. Where Is Morgan University Located?






7. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?






8. Queen Of Soul






9. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'






10. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






11. What Negro Slave Became A Naval HeroFor The Union?






12. First black major league baseball player






13. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






14. First black NFL quarterback






15. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






16. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






17. Best known for his work with blood plasma - this man helped set up the American Red Cross blood bank and established the first blood bank in England?






18. First black Miss America






19. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






20. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?






21. First black president






22. Father Of Gospel Music






23. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'






24. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?






25. First African American newspaper

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26. This basketball player won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.






27. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'






28. First black Miss America






29. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.






30. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____






31. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'






32. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?






33. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States






34. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance






35. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.






36. First black major league baseball player






37. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'






38. This member of the NY Yankees whose late-season heroics earned him the name 'Mr. October' hit three dramatic home runs in the last game of the World Series against the LA Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.






39. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'






40. What cultural movement took place in Harlem and lasted from the end of WWI to the 1930s?






41. In what year was the NAACP founded?






42. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






43. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






44. What Negro Slave Became A Naval HeroFor The Union?






45. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?






46. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?






47. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






48. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?






49. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?






50. First black female to win a Grammy