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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance






2. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






4. In what year was the NAACP founded?






5. First published black poet






6. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






7. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






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






9. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






11. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?






12. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






14. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






16. First black RNC chairman






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






18. First black female to win a Grammy






19. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






20. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






21. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .






22. 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.






23. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?






24. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






25. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






26. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.






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






28. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






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






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






32. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






33. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






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






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






37. First black star of a network TV show






38. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery?






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






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






41. 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?






42. First black NFL quarterback






43. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






44. 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?






45. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?






46. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






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






49. 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?






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