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Black History Trivia
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1. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
Usain Bolt
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Sojourner Truth
1865
2. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
James Weldon Johnson
TheFirst Black Nurse
1968
Jan E. Metzeliger
3. Where Is Morgan University Located?
Vanessa Williams
Phillis Wheatley
Baltimore - Maryland
Reggie Jackson
4. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?
Sojourner Truth
Oprah Winfrey
Montgomery
1965
5. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
One year
1995
Michael Jordon
Nella Larsen
6. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
Usain Bolt
Malcolm X
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Baltimore - Maryland
7. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Reggie Jackson
1965
Anne Bontemps
8. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
1945
Brown v. Board of Education
MLK
Ella Fitzgerald
9. 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.
Thomas Dorsey
Reggie Jackson
Ella Fitzgerald
Vermont
10. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
The Twist
Coleman Hawkins
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Vermont
11. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
Michael Steele
Congressional Black Caucus
MLK
TheFirst Black Nurse
12. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
Freedom's Journal
Thurgood Marshall
1863
A Tribe Called Quest
13. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?
Michael Steele
Gwendolyn Benneth
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Sojourner Truth
14. Father Of Gospel Music
Michael Steele
Thomas Dorsey
Nella Larsen
Twice
15. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
1945
14
Langston Hughes
Louis Armstrong
16. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
Emlen Tunnell
Toni Morrison
Robert Smalls
Colin Powell
17. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?
Delany Martin
The Underground Railroad
Anne Bontemps
Langston Hughes
18. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
The Amos And Andy Show
1963
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Toni Morrison
19. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
Jan E. Metzeliger
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Coleman Hawkins
The Amos And Andy Show
20. Where Is Morgan University Located?
The Cosby Show
1995
Baltimore - Maryland
Jesse Redman Fauset
21. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
Berry Gordy
1963
Gwendolyn Benneth
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
22. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
The Pips
MLK
Montgomery
23. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?
Boston University
Jim Crow Laws
Gwendolyn Benneth
Jan E. Metzeliger
24. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of
Michael Jordon
James Weldon Johnson
The Pips
Thomas Dorsey
25. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
Thurgood Marshall
MLK
Jesse Redman Fauset
Michael Jordon
26. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Malcolm X
Jan E. Metzeliger
The Underground Railroad
27. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
Jackie Robinson
Thomas Dorsey
Twice
A Rodeo Cowboy
28. First black RNC chairman
Boston University
The Cosby Show
Michael Steele
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
29. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education
Montgomery
1893
Emlen Tunnell
30. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
Jan E. Metzeliger
1863
Aretha Franklin
Quincy Jones
31. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight
W. E. B. Du Bois
Toni Morrison
The Pips
Whitney Houston
32. First African American newspaper
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33. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
The Amos And Andy Show
Phillis Wheatley
14
A Rodeo Cowboy
34. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?
Boston University
Oprah Winfrey
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Hattie McDaniel
35. The Novelist And Short Story Writer Of The Harlem Renaissance
Nella Larsen
Michael Jordon
Vanessa Williams
Quincy Jones
36. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
Delany Martin
Baltimore - Maryland
The Twist
Langston Hughes
37. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States
Langston Hughes
Gwendolyn Benneth
MLK
Michael Jackson
38. In what year was MLK assassinated?
W. E. B. Du Bois
Langston Hughes
Joseph Hayne Rainey
1968
39. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Michael Steele
The North Star
Countae Cullen
Brown v. Board of Education
40. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
Anne Bontemps
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Quincy Jones
41. First black major league baseball player
Colin Powell
Dr. Charles Drew
Jackie Robinson
1863
42. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
TheFirst Black Nurse
Colin Powell
1986
43. In what year was the Million Man March?
1863
Colin Powell
1995
1986
44. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____
Emlen Tunnell
The Cosby Show
Hattie McDaniel
Montgomery
45. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
Jan E. Metzeliger
Robert Smalls
Gone With The Wind
The Pips
46. First black billionaire
The Amos And Andy Show
1865
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Langston Hughes
47. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
Thomas Dorsey
Emlen Tunnell
Dr. Charles Drew
Vanessa Williams
48. In what year was slavery abolished in America?
1863
1865
Jesse Redman Fauset
A Tribe Called Quest
49. First black president
Barack Obama
1965
The Twist
Quincy Jones
50. In what year was the Million Man March?
1995
1968
Oprah Winfrey
Baltimore - Maryland
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