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Black History Trivia

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1. Where Is Morgan University Located?






2. First black RNC chairman






3. First black major league baseball player






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






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






6. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






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






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






10. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






11. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






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






13. 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?






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






15. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






16. 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)






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






18. First black star of a network TV show






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






20. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






21. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






22. Queen Of Soul






23. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






24. First black star of a network TV show






25. First African American newspaper

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26. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






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






29. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. First published black poet






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






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






43. In what year was MLK assassinated?






44. First black billionaire






45. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






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






47. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?






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






49. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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