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Black History Trivia

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In what year was the Million Man March?






2. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






3. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






5. First published black poet






6. First published black poet






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






8. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






10. In what year was MLK assassinated?






11. First black female to host a TV show






12. Where Is Morgan University Located?






13. First black star of a network TV show






14. Queen Of Soul






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






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






17. First black supreme court justice






18. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






19. First black female to host a TV show






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






21. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






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






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






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






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






26. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






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






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






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






31. First black NFL quarterback






32. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






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






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






35. First black president






36. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






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






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






40. First black person to win an Oscar






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






42. First black Miss America






43. First black major league baseball player






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






45. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






47. First black secretary of state






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






49. Father Of Gospel Music






50. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?