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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. First black female to host a TV show






2. 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)






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






4. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight






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






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






7. First black secretary of state






8. First black NFL quarterback






9. First African American newspaper

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10. In what year was the Million Man March?






11. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






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






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






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






15. First black person to win an Oscar






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






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






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






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






20. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






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






22. First black major league baseball player






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






24. First black billionaire






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






26. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






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






28. Queen Of Soul






29. In what year was the NAACP founded?






30. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






31. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






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






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






35. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






36. 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?






37. Queen Of Soul






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






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






40. First black star of a network TV show






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






42. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






43. First black president






44. Father Of Gospel Music






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






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






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






48. First black billionaire






49. First black Miss America






50. Group That Accompanied Gladys Knight