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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. Where Is Morgan University Located?






2. 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)






3. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






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






5. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






6. First black supreme court justice






7. First black major league baseball player






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






9. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






10. 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)






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






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






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






14. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






15. First black female to win a Grammy






16. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






18. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






19. In what year was the VRA passed?






20. 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?






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






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






23. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






25. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






26. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






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






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






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






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






32. First black secretary of state






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






34. 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?






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






36. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






38. First black NFL quarterback






39. First African American newspaper


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






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






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






43. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






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






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






47. First black president






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






49. In what year was MLK assassinated?






50. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?