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Black History Trivia

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1. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






2. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






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






4. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






5. 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?






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






7. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






9. First black secretary of state






10. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






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






12. First black billionaire






13. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






14. First black person to win an Oscar






15. This member of the NY Yankees whose late-season heroics earned him the name 'Mr. October' hit three dramatic home runs in the last game of the World Series against the LA Dodgers at Yankee Stadium.






16. In what year was the Million Man March?






17. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






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






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






21. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






22. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






24. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






25. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






26. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






28. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






29. First black supreme court justice






30. First black major league baseball player






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






32. First black president






33. In what year was the NAACP founded?






34. First black female to host a TV show






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






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






38. 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?






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






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






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






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






43. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






45. First black female to win a Grammy






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






47. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






48. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






49. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






50. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?







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