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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who Was The U.S Black Abolitionist - Physician - And EditorIn The Pre-Civil War Period






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






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






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






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






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






7. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






8. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






10. First black president






11. First black secretary of state






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






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






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






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






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






17. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






18. First black RNC chairman






19. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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?






26. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






27. First black star of a network TV show






28. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






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






31. First black female to win a Grammy






32. First black female to win a Grammy






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






34. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






35. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






36. 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?






37. First black president






38. First black Miss America






39. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






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






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






42. 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?






43. First black person to win an Oscar






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






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






46. 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)






47. First black major league baseball player






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






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






50. First black female to host a TV show