Black history dates
This month is black history month
When is February
This was the person who made the I have a dream speech
who was MLK
First Black US President
Obama
What are rights
This is the date when Martin Luther King was born
when is January 15, 1929
This was the person who refused to give up her seat
Who was rosa parks
First Black Major League Baseball Player
Jackie Robinson
What are civil rights
The rights to equality
When is Juneteenth?
June 19th, 1865
Who freed slaves in the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
First Black Woman elected to Congress
Shirley Chisholm
What is equality
When things are fair and people have the same opportunities and can go to the same places
What year was the Emancipation Proclamation passed by Lincoln
1863
this Black woman wrote poetry during the civil rights movement
Maya Angelou
First Black person to go to a white school after desegregation
Ruby Bridges
What is protest
When people come together and march or say that they want the government to do something
this was the date The civil rights act was passed
when was July 2, 1964
this was a Black american scientist who worked with peanuts
who was george washington carver
First Black Vice President
Kamala Harris
What is abolitionism
Being against slavery