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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. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






3. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






4. Who Was The U.S Black Abolitionist - Physician - And EditorIn The Pre-Civil War Period






5. First black star of a network TV show






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






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






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






9. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






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






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






13. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.






14. 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)






15. First black person to win an Oscar






16. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






17. First black billionaire






18. First black RNC chairman






19. First black female to win a Grammy






20. First black secretary of state






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






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






23. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






25. First black Miss America






26. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






27. In what year was MLK assassinated?






28. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






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






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






32. Queen Of Soul






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






34. In what year was the Million Man March?






35. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






36. Where Is Morgan University Located?






37. 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?






38. Father Of Gospel Music






39. First black female to host a TV show






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






41. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.






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






43. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






44. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






45. First black female to host a TV show






46. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






47. In what year was MLK assassinated?






48. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






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