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Black History Trivia

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?






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






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






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






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






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






7. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






9. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






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






12. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






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






15. First black president






16. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






17. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






19. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?






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






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






22. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






23. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






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






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






26. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?






27. 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?






28. Who Was The U.S Black Abolitionist - Physician - And EditorIn The Pre-Civil War Period






29. First black NFL quarterback






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






31. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






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






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






35. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






36. In what year was MLK assassinated?






37. This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.






38. Father Of Gospel Music






39. 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.






40. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






41. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






42. 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?






43. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






44. This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.






45. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






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






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






49. First black female to host a TV show






50. Queen Of Soul