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Black History Trivia

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






2. First black supreme court justice






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






4. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'






5. First black star of a network TV show






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






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






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






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






10. 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?






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






12. Where Is Morgan University Located?






13. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






14. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






15. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






17. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






18. 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.






19. What Jazz Musician Made ' Body And Soul ' Famous?






20. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






21. First published black poet






22. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






24. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






25. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






27. 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?






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






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






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






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






32. First black female to win a Grammy






33. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






35. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






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






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






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






40. First black secretary of state






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






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






43. 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?






44. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






47. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






48. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






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