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Black History Trivia

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






2. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






4. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






6. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






7. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






8. First black star of a network TV show






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






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






11. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






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






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






15. This singer holds the title of Most Top 10 Singles from an album for Thriller (1982) and the Most Number One Singles from an Album for Bad (1987)






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






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






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






19. In what year was MLK assassinated?






20. First black supreme court justice






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






22. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






23. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






25. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






27. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






29. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






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






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






33. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






34. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






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






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






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






39. 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?






40. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






41. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






43. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






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






45. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






47. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






48. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






50. First black secretary of state






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