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Black History Trivia
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1. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Brown v. Board of Education
The Cosby Show
Gwendolyn Benneth
2. What was the name of the abolitionist newspaper which Frederick Douglass founded?
Sojourner Truth
The North Star
1963
Sojourner Truth
3. Father Of Gospel Music
Jackie Robinson
Jim Crow Laws
1968
Thomas Dorsey
4. Who Was Elizabeth Mahoney?
1893
TheFirst Black Nurse
Sojourner Truth
James Weldon Johnson
5. Laws that Forced Racial Segregation
Berry Gordy
Jim Crow Laws
1863
A Tribe Called Quest
6. In what year was MLK's birthday first celebrated as a national holiday?
Coleman Hawkins
Delany Martin
1986
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
7. African American Poet Essayist - Short Story Writer - And Artist Of The Harlem Renaissance .
Gwendolyn Benneth
Jackie Robinson
The North Star
Congressional Black Caucus
8. First black recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature
1909
Gone With The Wind
Toni Morrison
Reggie Jackson
9. How Many Years Did Wilt Chamberlain Play Basketball?
14
Willie Thrower
Montgomery
Barack Obama
10. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?
Joseph Hayne Rainey
The Amos And Andy Show
1945
MLK
11. First published black poet
James Weldon Johnson
Phillis Wheatley
14
Barack Obama
12. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
Nella Larsen
Delany Martin
MLK
Quincy Jones
13. What was the name of the iconic dance move created in the 1950s by Chubby Checker?
1865
The Twist
Toni Morrison
Montgomery
14. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'
Langston Hughes
1963
1968
Vermont
15. 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?
Freedom's Journal
Langston Hughes
Brown v. Board of Education
Dr. Charles Drew
16. WhoInvented A Machine That Could Produce Shoes Mechanically?
Dr. Charles Drew
The Cosby Show
Ella Fitzgerald
Jan E. Metzeliger
17. In What Sport Did Bill Packet Excel?
1893
A Rodeo Cowboy
Wilma Rudolph
The Harlem Renaissance
18. The Character Sapphire Was Made Famous By
The Harlem Renaissance
The Amos And Andy Show
Bill Cosby
Gone With The Wind
19. In what landmark decision did the Supreme Court declare that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the 14th Amendment?
1965
Barack Obama
Jan E. Metzeliger
Brown v. Board of Education
20. This hip hop group released the albums Midnight Marauders and The Low End Theory.
Brown v. Board of Education
Quincy Jones
A Tribe Called Quest
James Weldon Johnson
21. What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in the late 1800s?
The Underground Railroad
The Amos And Andy Show
TheFirst Black Nurse
Jesse Redman Fauset
22. In what year was the VRA passed?
Montgomery
1965
Michael Jackson
1863
23. When Was TheFirst Open Heart Surgery Performed?
Barack Obama
1893
Reggie Jackson
The Cosby Show
24. This music composer and producer is the most Grammy-nominated artist of all time?
Quincy Jones
TheFirst Black Nurse
1968
Gone With The Wind
25. In what year did MLK deliver his famous 'dream' speech?
1963
Boston University
Usain Bolt
Bill Cosby
26. 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)
Michael Jackson
Oprah Winfrey
Delany Martin
1995
27. Who wrote 'A Letter from a Birmingham Jail?'
Countae Cullen
MLK
Colin Powell
1995
28. 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?
Phillis Wheatley
1863
Jan E. Metzeliger
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
29. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
Countae Cullen
1995
The Twist
Malcolm X
30. African American Novelist - Critic - Poet - Editor - Kn ownFor Her Discovery and encouragement Of Other General Writers Of The Harlem Renaissance?
Jesse Redman Fauset
Berry Gordy
Quincy Jones
Langston Hughes
31. First black major league baseball player
Usain Bolt
Emlen Tunnell
1965
Jackie Robinson
32. Who founded the world famous Motown Record Company?
Vanessa Williams
The Harlem Renaissance
Countae Cullen
Berry Gordy
33. First black supreme court justice
MLK
Fredrick Augusta Washington Bailey
Thurgood Marshall
1865
34. How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
Langston Hughes
1945
Colin Powell
One year
35. Former American Slave -Who Was TheFirst To ServeIn The House Of Representatives?
Loving v. Virginia (1967)
1865
Nella Larsen
Joseph Hayne Rainey
36. First African AmericanInducteeInto The Pro Football Hall Of Fame?
One year
Vermont
Jesse Redman Fauset
Emlen Tunnell
37. What singer/songwriter set the 2006 Guinness World Record for the most awarded female artist of all time?
Whitney Houston
Sojourner Truth
Michael Jackson
Usain Bolt
38. First published black poet
Phillis Wheatley
Langston Hughes
Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay)
Reggie Jackson
39. 'What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?'
Usain Bolt
Toni Morrison
The Amos And Andy Show
Langston Hughes
40. 'The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.'
W. E. B. Du Bois
MLK
A Tribe Called Quest
Colin Powell
41. First black president
Barack Obama
Toni Morrison
Coleman Hawkins
Thomas Dorsey
42. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
Gone With The Wind
1965
Ella Fitzgerald
Dr. Charles Drew
43. This political group was created in 1971 by the twelve African-Americans elected to the House of Reps in 1970.
1945
Congressional Black Caucus
14
Twice
44. What Motion Picture Mad Butterfly McQueen A Star?
Coleman Hawkins
Sojourner Truth
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Gone With The Wind
45. Where Is Morgan University Located?
Baltimore - Maryland
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
Quincy Jones
The Harlem Renaissance
46. First black NFL quarterback
14
James Weldon Johnson
Usain Bolt
Willie Thrower
47. Which of the 13 colonies was the first to abolish slavery?
Congressional Black Caucus
Langston Hughes
Vermont
Gone With The Wind
48. 'A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.'
Baltimore - Maryland
Malcolm X
1863
Robert Smalls
49. How many times did Jayne Jackson run for president?
The Twist
Twice
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Baltimore - Maryland
50. ForemostInterpreters to the world of black experience in The United States
1965
Montgomery
Langston Hughes
Twice
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