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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. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






3. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






4. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






5. First black secretary of state






6. In what year was the VRA passed?






7. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






8. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






10. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






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






13. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






15. In what year was the VRA passed?






16. First black star of a network TV show






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






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






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






20. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






22. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






23. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






24. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






25. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






26. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






27. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






28. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






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






31. First black secretary of state






32. First black female to win a Grammy






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






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






35. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






36. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






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






39. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






41. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






42. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






43. First black person to win an Oscar






44. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






45. 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.






46. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






47. First black supreme court justice






48. First black Miss America






49. First black star of a network TV show






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