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






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






3. First black billionaire






4. First black star of a network TV show






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






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






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






8. First black RNC chairman






9. First black RNC chairman






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






11. First black secretary of state






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






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






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






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






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






17. Queen Of Soul






18. 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)






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






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






21. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By






22. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation






23. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature






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






30. First black Miss America






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






32. In what year was slavery abolished in America?






33. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?






34. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?






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






36. First published black poet






37. First black NFL quarterback






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






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






40. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?






41. First black supreme court justice






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






43. First black female to host a TV show






44. First African American newspaper

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






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






47. In what year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?






48. First published black poet






49. In what year was the VRA passed?






50. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature