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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?






2. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






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






5. First black billionaire






6. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






7. First black person to win an Oscar






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






9. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






10. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






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






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






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






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






16. First black RNC chairman






17. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






19. First black female to host a TV show






20. First black female to host a TV show






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






22. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






24. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






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






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






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






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






30. First black president






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






32. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






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






35. First black star of a network TV show






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






37. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






38. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'






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






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






41. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?






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






43. First black star of a network TV show






44. 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?






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






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






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






48. In what year was the Million Man March?






49. 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.






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