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Black History Trivia

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?






2. First African American newspaper

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






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






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






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






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






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






9. First black president






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






11. First black president






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






13. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






14. In what year was MLK assassinated?






15. First black major league baseball player






16. First black major league baseball player






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






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






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






20. First African American newspaper

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21. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






22. First black Miss America






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






24. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






25. 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?






26. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






28. In what year was the VRA passed?






29. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






30. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






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






33. 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?






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






35. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






36. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






38. 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?






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






40. First black NFL quarterback






41. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






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






44. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






46. First published black poet






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






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






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






50. Where Is Morgan University Located?