Juneteenth
What does the holiday Juneteenth celebrate?
When slaves were freed in the south.
What happened during the Great Migration?
African Americans moved from the Southern states to cities in the North
What is an inventor?
Someone who creates something new or has a unique way of making something.
What did Ruby Bridges do?
What is segregation?
people being split up for reasons out of their control such as Race and gender.
What year did Juneteenth become a national holiday?
2021
Name a reason (Push factor) that people left the south?
Poor treatment, failing farms, ect...
What did Madam C.J. Walker Invent?
Hair cair products for people of color
How was Ruby Bridges treated on her first dya of school?
The parents of students were protesting and yelling at her.
What is integration?
The process of allowing all people to do the same things and paractice their equal rights.
What general rode to the South to inform people that they had been freed?
General Gordon Granger
Name a reason people wanted to move to the cities.
Better pay, opportunities, ect...
Who invented the traffic light and a gas mask?
Garrett Morgan
How old was Ruby Bridges when she integrated her school?
6 years old
Who is known for their "I have a dream" speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What City and State is associated with the announcement made for Juneteenth?
Galviston, Texas
Name a city that people migrated to.
New york, Chicago, Las angeles, Detroit, Philidelphia, Pittsburg, Cleveland...
What was the invention of Marie van Brittan Brown?
The home security system.
What was the name of Ruby Bridges school?
William Frantz Elementary School
Who refused to give up her seet on a segregated bus and got arrested for it?
Rosa Parks
What day and year did Juneteenth Happen?
June 19th, 1865
About how many African Americans left the south?
What did Patricia Bath invent?
Laser cateract treatment?
What year did Ruby Bridges go to school?
1960
What is the civil rights movement?
The movement where people of color and allies fought for equal rights and treatment in the United States