Question # 22

For what crime did Malcolm X go to prison?

BONUS: Where was Malcolm X killed?

Question # 21

How long did the Watts riots of 1965 last?

BONUS: What was "Resurrection City"?

Question #20

This Arbutus native is the first African-American Speaker Pro Tem of the Maryland House of Delegates.

Question #19

The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 destroyed what prosperous black community? What other name has been used to describe this community?

Question #18

These men were the first two African-American cadets at West Point.

Question #17

Born in 1885, this Baltimore County physician and entrepreneur owned the Baltimore Homestead Grays, Edgewater Beach and numerous other businesses prior to WWII.

Question #16

In 1976, this West Point grad becomes the first African-American to command the 82nd Airborne Division. He was also the first African American in the U.S. Army to achieve the rank of Four Star General.

Question #15

This engineer inventor patented an oiling device, which allowed machines to remain in motion while being lubricated. His device revolutionized the machine industry.

There is still time to answer question #14

Question #14 - Happy Valentine's Day

This Civil War soldier was the first African-American to receive the
Congressional Medal of Honor.

Answer:
Q12 - Hiram Revels from Mississippi
Q13 - two times

Question #13

How many times did Jesse Jackson run for the U.S. Presidency?

There is still time to answer question #12

Question #12

This Republican was the first black person elected to the U.S. Senate. Who was he and what state did he represent?

Answer:
Q11-Freedom’s Journal

Question #11

What was the first black newspaper?


Answer:
Q10 - Vermont
Bonus:John B. Christian

Question #10

What was the first American Colony to abolish slavery?

Bonus: This black Air Force materials researcher invented and patented new lubricants used in high flying aircraft and NASA space missions.

Answer:
Q9-1986

Question #9

What year was Martin Luther King Day first observed as a federal holiday?

Answer:
Q8-Thomas C. Clark

Question #8

Which justice did Thurgood Marshall replace on the Supreme Court?


Answer:
Q7-Carol Moseley Braun

Question #7

Who was the first black woman senator?

Answer:
Q6 - A race riot in Springfield Massachusetts

Question #6

What event sparked the founding of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People?


Answer:
Q5-Washington D.C., August 28, 1963

Question # 5

When and where did Martin Luther King, Jr. make his "I Have a Dream" speech?



Answers:
Q1 -A poem "The Lady of the Lake (1810)"
Q2 - Theodore Roosevelt
Q3 - Homer Plessey, John H. Ferguson
Q4 - Nat Turner

Question #4

The aftermath of the revolt led by this slave in 1831 led to a strengthening of the "Black Codes," which forbade slaves from gathering in groups larger than five,learning to read or write, owning property, or testifying in court.

Question #3

Who were the principles in the Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson?

Question #2

Who was the first president to invite an African-American man to the White House?

Question #1

Where did Fredrick Douglass get his last name?

Black History Trivia

Sorry we're running a few days late on our Black History Trivia. Today we will post Questions 1 -4 and starting tomorrow we will be on track. Please post your answer in the comments. Check back each evening for the answers to the daily trivia.

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