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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?






2. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






3. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






4. First black secretary of state






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






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






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






8. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






10. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






12. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






14. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






16. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






18. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






20. First black Miss America






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






22. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






23. First black female to win a Grammy






24. First black billionaire






25. In what year was the NAACP founded?






26. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






28. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






29. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






31. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






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






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






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






36. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






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






39. First black RNC chairman






40. First black billionaire






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






42. 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?






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






44. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






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






46. First black Miss America






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






48. First black president






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






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