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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 'Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.'






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






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






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






5. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






7. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






8. First black NFL quarterback






9. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






11. First published black poet






12. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






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






15. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?






16. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






18. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






19. First black Miss America






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






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






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






23. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






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






26. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






27. First black NFL quarterback






28. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






29. First black female to win a Grammy






30. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






31. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






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






34. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






35. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






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






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






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






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






41. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






42. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






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






45. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






46. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






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






49. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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