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It was difficult for me to continue my education but I persevered and became the first African American Woman to open a college for African Americans in Daytona Beach Florida.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
100
I played an important role in America gaining their independence from Great Britain. I am famous for the line "The British are coming!" I am also a proud militia soldier.
Who is Paul Revere?
100
Being a woman made it difficult for me to have a voice but I persevered until I reached the entire nation with my beliefs about woman's suffrage.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
100
Being an African American woman made it hard for me to convince people that young African American girls should learn to read. It was often difficult for me to find buildings to teach in and it was difficult to find money for school supplies.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
100
Because of my horseback ride America was able to defeat Great Britain.
Who is Paul Revere?
200
I was born in New York, studied abroad and became very interested in human rights. I married my fifth cousin who was the Governor of New York and then the President of the United States. I was also close friends with Mary McCleod Bethune.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
200
I was President of the United States after President Kennedy. I believed in the Great Society and I believed in equal voting rights. I only served one term.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
200
Being born in South Carolina made it difficult for me to find a college that would accept African American Women as students. But I did not give up until I reached my goal.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
200
Whenever I was invited to speaking engagements there was always the threat of being shot because I was a former slave.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
200
I was the first African American to be appointed by the President of the United States of America to serve as Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
I was president during World War II. My wife was a human rights activist and played a major part in my presidency. I started the New Deal which began many new domestic programs in America.
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
300
I had to overcome the obstacle of slavery. I could of been killed many times fighting for civil rights. I learned to read by my master's wife teaching me in privacy.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
I lost my mother at an early age. My father was an alcoholic. Even though my family was wealthy we had many problems that most people did not know about.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
300
Being bound to a wheelchair did not prevent me from performing my duties as the President of the United States of America.
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
300
The college I founded is still open today and is now a university. I also served as president of the National Association of Negro Women and was appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt to chair the Division of Negro Affairs a division of the Great Deal.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
400
I was first a lawyer and the a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. I fought and won Brown vs. Board of Education and as a result schools in America are desegregated.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
400
I am Hispanic American. I fought for workers rights first in California. I believed that workers should get fair wages for their work.
Who is Caesar Chavez?
400
The ride for independence was difficult to make. I rode my horse through the dark night to worn others of our approaching adversaries.
Who is Paul Revere?
400
I was unpopular because I believed that minorities should have the right to vote but I was determined to make it happen.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
400
I published the North Star an anti-slavery newspaper.
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
500
I believed that woman should have the same rights as men in America. I devoted most of my life to the suffrage movement. Woman should have the right to vote!
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
500
I was born a slave.
Who is Fredrick Douglass?
500
I spent my presidency in a wheelchair but this did not stop me from making provisions for Americans such as Social Security.
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
500
Being Hispanic and fighting for Hispanic rights made my job a difficult task.
Who is Caesar Chavez?
500
I signed the bill that gave all Americans equal voting rights.
Who is President Lyndon Johnson?
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