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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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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. First black president






2. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






3. First black NFL quarterback






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






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






6. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






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






9. First black major league baseball player






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






11. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






12. First black RNC chairman






13. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






14. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






16. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






17. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






18. 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?






19. First black NFL quarterback






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






21. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






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






23. First black female to win a Grammy






24. Father Of Gospel Music






25. First black supreme court justice






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






27. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






29. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






30. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






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






33. First African American newspaper


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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






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






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






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






45. Father Of Gospel Music






46. First black president






47. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






49. First black secretary of state






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