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Black History Trivia

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






2. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






3. Where Is Morgan University Located?






4. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






5. First black billionaire






6. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






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






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






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






11. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






12. Queen Of Soul






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






14. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






24. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






26. First black Miss America






27. First black female to win a Grammy






28. 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?






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






30. First black RNC chairman






31. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






32. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






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






35. 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)






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






37. First black major league baseball player






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






39. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






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






42. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






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






45. Father Of Gospel Music






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






47. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






48. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






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