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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • 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. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






2. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






4. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






5. 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?






6. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






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






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






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






10. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






12. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






13. First black star of a network TV show






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






15. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






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






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






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






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






21. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






22. First black supreme court justice






23. First black secretary of state






24. Queen Of Soul






25. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






26. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






27. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






28. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






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






31. First black Miss America






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






33. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






34. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






36. First black female to win a Grammy






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






38. First black female to host a TV show






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






40. First black president






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






42. Father Of Gospel Music






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






44. In what year was the Million Man March?






45. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






47. 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?






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






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






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