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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






3. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






4. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






5. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?






6. First black secretary of state






7. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






8. First black president






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






10. 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.






11. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






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






13. 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.






14. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






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






17. 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?






18. First African American newspaper

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






20. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






21. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






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






23. First black star of a network TV show






24. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






25. First black billionaire






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






27. In what year was the NAACP founded?






28. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






29. In what year was the Million Man March?






30. 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?






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






32. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






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






34. First black secretary of state






35. First black supreme court justice






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






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






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






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






40. In what year was MLK assassinated?






41. Queen Of Soul






42. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






44. This singer holds the title of Most Top 10 Singles from an album for Thriller (1982) and the Most Number One Singles from an Album for Bad (1987)






45. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






46. 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?






47. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






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






49. First African American newspaper

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