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Black History Trivia

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






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






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






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






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






6. First black supreme court justice






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






8. 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?






9. First African American newspaper

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






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






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






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






14. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






15. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






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






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






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






20. First black Miss America






21. First black supreme court justice






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






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






24. In what year was MLK assassinated?






25. In what year was MLK assassinated?






26. First black NFL quarterback






27. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






28. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






30. 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?






31. In what year was the Million Man March?






32. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






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






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






35. First black person to win an Oscar






36. Father Of Gospel Music






37. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






39. 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?






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






41. First black major league baseball player






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






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






44. First black major league baseball player






45. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






46. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






47. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






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






50. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?







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