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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'






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






3. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






4. First African American newspaper

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






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






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






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






9. First black president






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






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






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






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






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






15. First black RNC chairman






16. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






17. First black female to host a TV show






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






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






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






21. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






22. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






23. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






25. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?






26. Queen Of Soul






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






28. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.






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






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






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






32. First black president






33. This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.






34. In what year was MLK assassinated?






35. 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?






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






37. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






39. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?






40. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






41. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






42. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






44. Queen Of Soul






45. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






46. First black secretary of state






47. 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?






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






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






50. First black star of a network TV show