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Black History Trivia

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






2. First black female to win a Grammy






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






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






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






6. First black supreme court justice






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






8. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






9. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






11. First black Miss America






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






20. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






21. In what year was the VRA passed?






22. 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)






23. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






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






26. Father Of Gospel Music






27. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






28. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






30. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






31. First black female to host a TV show






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






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






34. Father Of Gospel Music






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






36. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






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






39. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






40. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






41. First black RNC chairman






42. First black billionaire






43. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






44. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






45. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






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






48. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






49. 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?






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






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