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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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1. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'






2. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






4. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






5. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






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






8. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






9. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






10. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






11. First black president






12. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






13. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






14. First black secretary of state






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






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






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






18. 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)






19. First black female to win a Grammy






20. 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)






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






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






23. First black Miss America






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






25. Queen Of Soul






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






27. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






28. First black major league baseball player






29. First black major league baseball player






30. First black Miss America






31. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






32. In what year was MLK assassinated?






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






34. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






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






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






38. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






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






40. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






41. First black billionaire






42. Father Of Gospel Music






43. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






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






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






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






48. 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?






49. First black president






50. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?