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Black History Trivia

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






2. First published black poet






3. First black major league baseball player






4. First black secretary of state






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






6. First black Miss America






7. First black NFL quarterback






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






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






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






11. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






13. In what year was the VRA passed?






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






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






16. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






17. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






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






20. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






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






22. Father Of Gospel Music






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






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






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






26. In what year was the VRA passed?






27. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






29. Father Of Gospel Music






30. 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)






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






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






33. 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?






34. First African American newspaper

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35. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






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






38. 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?






39. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






41. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






42. Queen Of Soul






43. First black NFL quarterback






44. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






45. First black star of a network TV show






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






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






48. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?






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






50. In what year was the Million Man March?







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