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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First black RNC chairman






2. First black Miss America






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






4. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






5. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?






6. 'Man - if you gotta ask [what jazz is] you'll never know.'






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






8. First black female to host a TV show






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






10. This singer holds the title of Most Top 10 Singles from an album for Thriller (1982) and the Most Number One Singles from an Album for Bad (1987)






11. First published black poet






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






13. First black major league baseball player






14. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






16. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.






17. 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?






18. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






19. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?






20. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






21. First black NFL quarterback






22. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?






23. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






24. What athlete gained worldwide stardom during the 1960 Olympics in Rome when she became the first American woman to win three gold medals at the Games - winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the 400-meter relay?






25. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






27. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






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






30. First black secretary of state






31. Queen Of Soul






32. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?






33. In what year was the Million Man March?






34. What athlete gained worldwide stardom during the 1960 Olympics in Rome when she became the first American woman to win three gold medals at the Games - winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the 400-meter relay?






35. First black Miss America






36. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.






37. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






38. First black star of a network TV show






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






40. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'






41. In what year was the VRA passed?






42. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?






43. 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.






44. First black female to win a Grammy






45. First black female to win a Grammy






46. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?






47. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






49. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






50. In what year was the VRA passed?