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Black History Trivia

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1. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






3. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






5. First black Miss America






6. First black star of a network TV show






7. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






8. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






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






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






12. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






14. 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?






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






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






17. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






18. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






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






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






22. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






23. 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?






24. First black RNC chairman






25. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






26. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






27. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






29. First black female to host a TV show






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






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






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






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






34. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






35. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. First black supreme court justice






41. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






42. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






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






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






46. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






47. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






48. First black Miss America






49. First black female to win a Grammy






50. First black NFL quarterback







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