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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. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






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






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






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






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 black female to host a TV show






9. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






11. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






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






14. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






15. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






16. 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)






17. First black NFL quarterback






18. First black secretary of state






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






20. First black female to win a Grammy






21. In what year was the VRA passed?






22. American WriterWho Depicted The Lives And Struggles Of Black Americans?






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






24. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'






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






26. First black star of a network TV show






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






28. First black secretary of state






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






30. First black RNC chairman






31. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






33. First black Miss America






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






35. Father Of Gospel Music






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






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






38. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






39. First black major league baseball player






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






41. First black RNC chairman






42. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






43. In what year was the NAACP founded?






44. 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?






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






46. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






48. First published black poet






49. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






50. First black female to host a TV show