Important Dates
When did the Civil War start?
When was 1861?
When was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr born?
When was 1929?
When was Barack Obama born?
When was 1961?
This black person was an important leader during the Civil Rights Movement. He gave the "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
This woman was responsible for the Montgomery bus Boycott and she was a civil rights activist.
Who was Rosa Parks?
When did the Civil War end?
When was 1865?
When was Oloudah Equiano born?
When was Harriet Jacobs born?
When was 1813?
This black person was kidnapped during his childhood and sold into slavery. He eventually bought his freedom and wrote autobiographies about his life.
Who was Olaudah Equiano?
This black person was the first black president in the U.S. He took office when in 2012.
Who was Barack Obama?
When did the Civil Rights Movement start?
When was the mid-1950's?
When was Fredrick Douglass born?
When was 1818?
When was Rosa Parks born?
When was 1913?
Author of several autobiographies, this woman was a Civil Rights activist. She wrote the book: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings".
Who was Maya Angelou?
This woman was the first black woman to hold a piolets license. She loved flying so much that she died at the age of 34 doing so.
Who was Bessie Coleman?
When did the Civil Rights movement end?
When was 1968?
When was Harriet Tubman born?
When was 1822?
When was Bessie Coleman born?
When was 1892?
Also known as the "Father of the Anti-Slavery Movement," this black person was an important leader who fought back against slavery with his autobiographies and speeches.
Who was Fredrick Douglass?
This woman was an American Abolitionist. She helped about 70 enslaved people using the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriet Tubman?
When was slavery officially abolished in the U.S?
When was 1865?
When was Sojourner Truth born?
When was 1797?
When was Maya Angelou born?
This woman was an American abolitionist. She was born into slavery on 1826, but eventually escaped with her daughter. She also gave the "Ain't I a Woman?" speech.
Who was Sojourner Truth?
This woman was born into slavery in North Carolina. She wrote the autobiography: "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl". She was an African American abolitionist that helped stop slavery.
Who was Harriet Jacobs?