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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






2. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






3. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






5. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






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






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






9. First black secretary of state






10. Queen Of Soul






11. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






13. First African American newspaper

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






15. In what year was the VRA passed?






16. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






17. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






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






20. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






22. First black president






23. First black Miss America






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






25. In what year was MLK assassinated?






26. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






28. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






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






30. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






31. First black star of a network TV show






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






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






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






35. First black RNC chairman






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






37. Queen Of Soul






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






39. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






41. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






42. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






44. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






45. First black RNC chairman






46. First black president






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






48. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






49. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






50. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight