Week 3 Trivia Questions and Answers

Congrats to Michelle Trevino for winning the Week 3 drawing!

1. Who was the first black head coach in the SEC? When was he hired?
ANSWER: Sylvester Croom, 2003

2. Who was the first black head coach to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship? When and what team was he the coach of?
ANSWER: John Thompson, 1984 coach of the Georgetown Hoyas

3. Who was the first black general of the U.S. Air Force?
ANSWER: Benjamin O. Davis

4. The first issue of what popular black magazine was published in 1945?
ANSWER: Ebony

5. What famous speech, known for freeing the slaves, was given on January 1, 1863? By Whom?
ANSWER: Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln

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