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Black History Trivia

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






2. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






4. In what year was the Million Man March?






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






6. First black supreme court justice






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






8. In what year was MLK assassinated?






9. First black star of a network TV show






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






11. 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?






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






13. First black RNC chairman






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






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






16. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






17. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






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






19. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






20. First black president






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






22. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






23. First black RNC chairman






24. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






25. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






26. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






27. First black secretary of state






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






29. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






31. First black supreme court justice






32. 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?






33. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?






34. First Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff






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






36. First black Miss America






37. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






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






39. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






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






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






43. First black billionaire






44. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






45. First black star of a network TV show






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






47. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






48. First black major league baseball player






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






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