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Black History Trivia

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






2. 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.






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






4. First black supreme court justice






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






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






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






8. In what year was the NAACP founded?






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






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






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






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






13. Where Is Morgan University Located?






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






15. First black star of a network TV show






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






17. Father Of Gospel Music






18. 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?






19. Where did MLK receive his doctorate?






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






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






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






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






24. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






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






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






27. 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?






28. First published black poet






29. First black NFL quarterback






30. First black billionaire






31. Where Is Morgan University Located?






32. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






33. Father Of Gospel Music






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






35. First black RNC chairman






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






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






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






39. Finest Poets Of The Harlem Renaissance






40. First black president






41. 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?






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






43. First black female to win a Grammy






44. First black major league baseball player






45. 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)






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






47. In what year was MLK assassinated?






48. First black supreme court justice






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






50. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?