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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Queen Of Soul






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






3. First black RNC chairman






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






5. 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?






6. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






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






9. 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?






10. First African American newspaper


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






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






13. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






15. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






16. First black star of a network TV show






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






18. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






19. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






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






22. First African American newspaper


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






24. First black president






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






26. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






27. In what year was the Million Man March?






28. First black Miss America






29. First black president






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






31. First black NFL quarterback






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






33. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






35. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






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






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






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






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






41. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






43. First black NFL quarterback






44. Where Is Morgan University Located?






45. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






46. Dr. Martain Luther King Jr Organized A Bus Boycot That Lasted 381 DaysIn ____






47. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






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






49. Father Of Gospel Music






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