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Black History Trivia
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1. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
TheFirst Black Nurse
Jackie Robinson
W. E. B. Du Bois
2. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
Colin Powell
TheFirst Black Nurse
Langston Hughes
3. First published black poet
Wilma Rudolph
Phillis Wheatley
The Harlem Renaissance
Delany Martin
4. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
The Cosby Show
1909
Bill Cosby
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
5. Father Of Gospel Music
Thomas Dorsey
MLK
Toni Morrison
Anne Bontemps
6. First published black poet
W. E. B. Du Bois
Phillis Wheatley
Gwendolyn Benneth
Aretha Franklin
7. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
Barack Obama
1965
Toni Morrison
Gwendolyn Benneth
8. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery?
Vermont
The Amos And Andy Show
1865
James Weldon Johnson
9. 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)
Michael Jackson
1945
Colin Powell
Vanessa Williams
10. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'
Twice
Congressional Black Caucus
W. E. B. Du Bois
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
11. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?
Whitney Houston
1968
Dr. Charles Drew
The Amos And Andy Show
12. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
Usain Bolt
1995
Jesse Redman Fauset
Congressional Black Caucus
13. First black president
The Underground Railroad
Barack Obama
1968
Malcolm X
14. Who Was The U.S Black Abolitionist - Physician - And EditorIn The Pre-Civil War Period
TheFirst Black Nurse
Louis Armstrong
Anne Bontemps
Delany Martin
15. 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.
Twice
The Pips
Reggie Jackson
1986
16. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of
Twice
A Rodeo Cowboy
Montgomery
James Weldon Johnson
17. First black female to host a TV show
1968
Oprah Winfrey
Thurgood Marshall
Freedom's Journal
18. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
1893
Coleman Hawkins
14
19. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
The Amos And Andy Show
Colin Powell
14
Usain Bolt
20. In what year was the VRA passed?
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Vermont
Nella Larsen
1965
21. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
1893
A Tribe Called Quest
The Underground Railroad
Michael Jackson
22. First black billionaire
Robert Johnson (owner of BET)
Willie Thrower
Vermont
The North Star
23. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?
The Cosby Show
Delany Martin
Robert Smalls
Whitney Houston
24. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?
1965
Emlen Tunnell
Langston Hughes
A Rodeo Cowboy
25. Who Was One Of The Most Eminent Human Right Leaders 19thn Century?
Delany Martin
Aretha Franklin
MLK
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
26. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?
Louis Armstrong
The Cosby Show
Hattie McDaniel
Sojourner Truth
27. First black star of a network TV show
1945
Emlen Tunnell
The Cosby Show
Bill Cosby
28. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional?
Phillis Wheatley
Michael Jackson
1963
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
29. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?
The North Star
Malcolm X
Robert Smalls
1968
30. First black star of a network TV show
Congressional Black Caucus
1986
Bill Cosby
Quincy Jones
31. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?
Jackie Robinson
Anne Bontemps
1965
Wilma Rudolph
32. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
The North Star
Malcolm X
Willie Thrower
Colin Powell
33. Who Was The Black American Evangelist And Religious ReformerWho Applied Her Religious Fervor to the abolitionist and women's rights movement?
Quincy Jones
Sojourner Truth
Gwendolyn Benneth
1945
34. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?
The Harlem Renaissance
The Twist
Joseph Hayne Rainey
1865
35. Father Of Gospel Music
Boston University
Bill Cosby
Thomas Dorsey
Langston Hughes
36. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
Dr. Charles Drew
Twice
1893
1863
37. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
Jesse Redman Fauset
1963
MLK
Countae Cullen
38. In what year did John Johnson begin publishing 'Ebony' magazine?
1945
The Cosby Show
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Vermont
39. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
1965
1893
Sojourner Truth
Brown v. Board of Education
40. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
Dr. Charles Drew
Congressional Black Caucus
Emlen Tunnell
1865
41. This 1984 sitcom was the highest ranking sitcom for five consecutive years.
Phillis Wheatley
Colin Powell
The Cosby Show
Toni Morrison
42. First black Miss America
Freedom's Journal
Vanessa Williams
A Rodeo Cowboy
Gwendolyn Benneth
43. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
Baltimore - Maryland
Usain Bolt
Colin Powell
The Amos And Andy Show
44. Where Is Morgan University Located?
1893
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
A Rodeo Cowboy
Baltimore - Maryland
45. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight
The Amos And Andy Show
The Pips
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Willie Thrower
46. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
MLK
1986
Sojourner Truth
1965
47. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____
Vanessa Williams
Montgomery
Boston University
1965
48. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?
1893
Delany Martin
Congressional Black Caucus
Toni Morrison
49. In what year was the NAACP founded?
Dr. Charles Drew
1909
The Underground Railroad
Nella Larsen
50. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?
1865
Jim Crow Laws
Berry Gordy
Michael Steele
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