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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?






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






3. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






4. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






6. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






7. 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.






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






9. First African American newspaper

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10. First black president






11. First black RNC chairman






12. First black star of a network TV show






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






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






15. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






16. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






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






19. First black major league baseball player






20. Queen Of Soul






21. First African American newspaper

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22. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






23. First published black poet






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






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






26. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






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






29. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






30. 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?






31. First black supreme court justice






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






33. First black supreme court justice






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






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






36. Where Is Morgan University Located?






37. In what year was the NAACP founded?






38. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






40. In what year was the VRA passed?






41. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






43. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






45. First black billionaire






46. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






47. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






48. First black Miss America






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






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