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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. Where Is Morgan University Located?






2. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






3. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






4. Best known for his work with blood plasma - this man helped set up the American Red Cross blood bank and established the first blood bank in England?






5. 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)






6. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






7. First black Miss America






8. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






9. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






11. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






13. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






15. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






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






18. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






20. First black major league baseball player






21. First black RNC chairman






22. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






24. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






25. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






26. First published black poet






27. 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?






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






29. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






30. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






31. 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.






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






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






34. In 2008 - this Jamaican sprinter became the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic games.






35. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






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






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






39. First black person to win an Oscar






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






41. First black billionaire






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






43. In what year was the VRA passed?






44. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






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






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






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






49. First black female to win a Grammy






50. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff