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Black History Trivia
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Questions regarding leaders, activists and events in both past and modern Black History.
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1
A jury acquitted J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the murder of which civil rights activist?
Medgar Evans
Emmett Till
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
2
What is the name of the Harlem club where many famous Black entertainers began their careers?
The Blues Joint
Jazzy Brown's
The Apollo Theatre
The Cotton Club
3
Who was the first Black American Woman chosen as Miss America?
Vanessa Williams
Kenya Moore
Whitney Houston
Dorothy Dandridge
4
What artist/group made the song "Fight The Power"
Run-DMC
Public Enemy
Wu Tang Clan
N.W.A
5
Who is considered the "Father of Black History"?
Jesse Jackson
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr.
Carter G. Woodson
6
Who is the first Black entertainer to win an Oscar award?
Hattie McDaniel
Sidney Portier
Morgan Freeman
Cicely Tyson
7
Which of these female politicians obtained degrees from both Harvard and Princeton University?
Condoleezza Rice
Omarosa
Angela Rye
Michelle Obama
8
This civil rights activist began attending Morehouse College at just the age of 15 years old...
Marcus Garvey
Huey P. Newton
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King, Jr.
9
Who became the second Black actor to win an Academy Award of Best Actor?
Samuel L Jackson
Denzel Washington
Morgan Freeman
Cuba Gooding Jr.
10
Which Spike Lee Film advocates for social justice?
Jungle Fever
School Daze
Chi-Raq
Do The Right Thing
11
Which basketball player holds the record for most NBA Championships Rings (11)?
Bill Russell
Tim Duncan
Michael Jordan
Reggie Miller
12
Which sprinter became the first man to ever set three world records in a single Olympic game?
John Taylor
Usain Bolt
George Coleman Poage
Jesse Owens
13
Who was the first African-American Astronaut to board the International Space Station?
Charles Bolden
Guion Bluford
Jeanette Epps
Ronald McNair
14
Which boxer holds the record for most career knockouts (131)?
Muhammad Ali
Floyd Mayweather
Apollo Creed
Archie Moore
15
This athlete holds the record for most rebounds in a basketball game (55 rebounds).
Shaquille O'neal
Michael Jordan
Wilt Chamberlain
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
16
She was known as the "queen of gospel music." What was her name?
Shirley Caesar
Aretha Franklin
Mahalia Jackson
Patti Labelle
17
What popular magazine did John H. Johnson begin in 1945?
Jet Beauty
Ebony
Essence
The Root
18
Which rap duo won the first-ever Grammy for Best Rap Performance?
Method Man & Redman
OutKast
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince
Kris Kross
19
Nominated for a National Book Award, what is Maya Angelou's first autobiography?
The Letters to My Daughter
The Heart of a Woman
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Gather Together in My Name
20
Which institution is the first institution of higher learning founded for Black students?(HBCU)
Spelman College
Morehouse College
Lincoln University
Howard University
21
Which one of these characters are not a Black Disney character?
Princess Tiana
Oscar Proud
Mushmouth
Frozone
22
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation Act that freed enslaved people?
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses Grant
James Buchanan
23
What college is distinctively America's oldest historically black college for women?
Clark
Morgan State
Wilberforce
Spelman
24
Who was the first Black major-party Presidential Candidate?
Jesse Jackson
Barack Obama
Rev. Al Sharpton
Shirley Chisholm
25
Before it became Black History Month what was the observation of Black History called?
Freedom Day
Negro History Week
Slave History Week
Black Rights Awareness Day
