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Black History Trivia

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






2. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






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. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






6. First African American newspaper

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7. First black major league baseball player






8. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






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






11. What athlete gained worldwide stardom during the 1960 Olympics in Rome when she became the first American woman to win three gold medals at the Games - winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes and the 400-meter relay?






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






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






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






15. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






17. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






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






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






21. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






22. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






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






25. First black billionaire






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






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






28. First black Miss America






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






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






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






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






33. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






35. First black Miss America






36. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






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






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






39. Where Is Morgan University Located?






40. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






41. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






42. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






43. In what year was MLK assassinated?






44. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






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






47. First black NFL quarterback






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






49. First black person to win an Oscar






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







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