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Black History Trivia

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. First black major league baseball player






2. 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.






3. First black secretary of state






4. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






5. First black female to host a TV show






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






7. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






8. 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?






9. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?






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






11. 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)






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






13. First black star of a network TV show






14. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






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






16. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






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






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






20. First black supreme court justice






21. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






22. First black female to win a Grammy






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






24. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






26. First black Miss America






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






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






29. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






31. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






32. First black star of a network TV show






33. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






34. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






36. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






37. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






39. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






41. First black Miss America






42. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






43. 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?






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






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






46. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






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






49. 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.






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