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Black History Trivia

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






2. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






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






5. In what year was MLK assassinated?






6. In what year was MLK assassinated?






7. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






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






10. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






11. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






12. 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?






13. First black billionaire






14. First black person to win an Oscar






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






16. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






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






19. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






21. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






22. Queen Of Soul






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






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






25. First black female to host a TV show






26. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






27. First black president






28. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






29. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






30. 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)






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






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






33. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






35. 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?






36. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






37. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States






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






39. First black secretary of state






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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?






48. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






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







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