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Black History Trivia

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






2. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






3. In what year was the NAACP founded?






4. First black Miss America






5. Where Is Morgan University Located?






6. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






8. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






9. 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?






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






11. First black female to win a Grammy






12. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






13. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






14. First black person to win an Oscar






15. First black billionaire






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






17. Father Of Gospel Music






18. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






20. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






22. First African American newspaper

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23. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






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






26. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?






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






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






29. First black person to win an Oscar






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. First black RNC chairman






38. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?






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






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






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






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






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






44. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






45. First black NFL quarterback






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






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






48. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






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