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Black History Trivia

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






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






3. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






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






5. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?






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






7. First black female to win a Grammy






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






9. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






10. First black major league baseball player






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






12. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






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






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






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






17. First African American newspaper

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18. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






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






21. First black supreme court justice






22. Father Of Gospel Music






23. In what year was MLK assassinated?






24. First black NFL quarterback






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






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






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






28. First black star of a network TV show






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






30. 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?






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






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






33. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






34. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






35. First black star of a network TV show






36. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






37. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






39. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






40. In what year was the NAACP founded?






41. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






42. 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?






43. First black supreme court justice






44. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






45. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






46. First black female to win a Grammy






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






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






49. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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