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Black History Trivia

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1. First black female to win a Grammy






2. This singer holds the title of Most Top 10 Singles from an album for Thriller (1982) and the Most Number One Singles from an Album for Bad (1987)






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






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






5. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






7. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






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






10. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






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






13. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






15. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






16. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






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






19. 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?






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






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






22. In what year was MLK assassinated?






23. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






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






25. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






26. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






27. First black secretary of state






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






29. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






30. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






31. First black major league baseball player






32. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






34. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?






35. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






37. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






38. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






39. First black NFL quarterback






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






41. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






42. First black billionaire






43. Queen Of Soul






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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