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Black History Trivia

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1. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






2. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






3. First black secretary of state






4. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






6. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






7. First African American newspaper

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






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






10. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






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






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






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






14. First black secretary of state






15. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






16. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






18. First black person to win an Oscar






19. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






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






22. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






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






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






26. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






27. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






28. First black female to win a Grammy






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






30. First black Miss America






31. First black Miss America






32. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






34. Father Of Gospel Music






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






36. First black major league baseball player






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






38. Father Of Gospel Music






39. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






41. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






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






44. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






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






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






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






49. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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







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