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Black History Trivia

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






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






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






4. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






5. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.






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






7. In what year was the VRA passed?






8. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






10. First black billionaire






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






12. First black supreme court justice






13. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






15. Where Is Morgan University Located?






16. First published black poet






17. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






18. 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.






19. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






21. 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?






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






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






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






25. First black Miss America






26. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






27. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






29. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






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






31. In what year was MLK assassinated?






32. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






34. First African American newspaper

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35. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






36. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






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






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






40. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






41. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






43. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






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






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






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






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






49. First published black poet






50. In what year was the NAACP founded?