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Black History Trivia

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






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






3. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






4. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






5. First black star of a network TV show






6. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






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






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






9. Queen Of Soul






10. First black president






11. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






12. First black star of a network TV show






13. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






15. Queen Of Soul






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






17. First black female to win a Grammy






18. First black president






19. 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)






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






21. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






23. First African American newspaper


24. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






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






27. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






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






29. First black RNC chairman






30. First published black poet






31. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






33. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






34. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






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






37. First black female to host a TV show






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






39. In what year was MLK assassinated?






40. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






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






44. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






46. 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?






47. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






49. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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