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Black History Trivia

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






2. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






3. 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?






4. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






5. First black major league baseball player






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






7. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






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






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






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






11. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






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






14. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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.






16. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?






17. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?






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






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






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






21. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






23. First black Miss America






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






25. 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?






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






27. First African American newspaper


28. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






29. 'Float like a butterfly - sting like a bee.'






30. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






32. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






34. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






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






36. First black person to win an Oscar






37. First African American newspaper


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






39. First black billionaire






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






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






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






43. 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?






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






45. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






46. First black RNC chairman






47. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






48. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






49. First black secretary of state






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