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Black History Trivia

Subjects : trivia, history
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In what year was the Million Man March?






2. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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)






10. In what year was Malcolm X assassinated?






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






12. First black RNC chairman






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






14. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






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






16. First black billionaire






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






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






19. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.






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






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






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






23. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






24. Father Of Gospel Music






25. First black Miss America






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






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






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






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






30. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






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






33. First black RNC chairman






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






35. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?






36. First black star of a network TV show






37. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






39. First black secretary of state






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






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






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






43. First black female to win a Grammy






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






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






46. What cultural movement took place in Harlem and lasted from the end of WWI to the 1930s?






47. Who Was the Poet And Anthologist Of






48. 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)






49. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






50. First black secretary of state