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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






2. 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?






3. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






5. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






7. First black female to host a TV show






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






9. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






10. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






12. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






14. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






15. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






16. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






18. First black person to win an Oscar






19. 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?






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






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






22. First black secretary of state






23. 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?






24. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






26. First black secretary of state






27. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






29. First black Miss America






30. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






32. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






33. In what year was the Million Man March?






34. First black female to host a TV show






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






36. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






37. First black supreme court justice






38. First published black poet






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






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






41. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






43. In what year was the NAACP founded?






44. First black NFL quarterback






45. 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?






46. 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.






47. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






48. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






49. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






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