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Black History Trivia

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'






2. Father Of Gospel Music






3. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






4. 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?






5. First black female to win a Grammy






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






7. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






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






10. First black president






11. First black star of a network TV show






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






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






14. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






16. First black female to host a TV show






17. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






18. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






19. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






20. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






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






23. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






24. In what year was MLK assassinated?






25. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






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






28. First African American newspaper

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29. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






30. Queen Of Soul






31. First black president






32. First black person to win an Oscar






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






34. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






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






37. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






39. In what year was the NAACP founded?






40. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






42. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






44. Father Of Gospel Music






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






46. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






47. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






49. First black billionaire






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







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