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Black History Trivia

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






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






3. First black NFL quarterback






4. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






6. First black Miss America






7. First black star of a network TV show






8. First published black poet






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






10. First black billionaire






11. First black supreme court justice






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






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






14. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






16. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






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






19. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






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






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






23. First black president






24. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






25. In what year was the Million Man March?






26. Father Of Gospel Music






27. First black person to win an Oscar






28. 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?






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






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






31. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






32. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






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






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






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






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






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






38. First black president






39. Queen Of Soul






40. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






41. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






42. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






43. Where Is Morgan University Located?






44. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






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






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






48. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






50. First black female to win a Grammy







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