Famous African Americans
Who is the famous African American who was 6 years old when she entered the first integrated school with black and white students?
Who is: Ruby Bridges
What is the word that describes a person who helps slaves through the Underground Railroad?
What is: a conductor
Many slaves worked on a ___________ before they escaped to the Underground Railroad. These places grew cotton and other crops that the white owners could sell to make a profit. What is the word that describes that?
What month is Black History Month?
What is: February
Henry "Box" Brown was a brave man who escaped slavery in an unconventional way. He didn't take the Underground Railroad. Instead he.... did what?
What is: shipped himself in a box to the north
Who is the famous African American who was the first black major league baseball player. He was number 42 and he played second base. He fought for equality in sports.
Who is: Jackie Robinson
What is the word to describe the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants?
What is: freedom
Escaping to the Underground Railroad was difficult. There were a few signs that you could use to help guide you on your path to the North. What are some of those safe signs that were used to help guide slaves?
What are: secret knocks on doors, moss on trees, freedom quilts, and the north star.
After slavery ended, slaves still were not treated well in America. They experienced segregation and _____________ which meant they were treated differently because of the color of their skin. What is the word to describe this?
What is: discrimination
Name one way that slaves were treated when they worked on a plantation or for their masters?
Many possible answers.
Who is the famous African American who stood up for her rights when she refused to give up her seat on a public bus. Her quiet strength led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is: Rosa Parks
What is the word to describe what happened against many African Americans in our history? This is what happened when we had separate facilities based on the color of your skin?
What is: segregation
What is: being caught by patrollers or their white owners, running out of food or energy, losing their path and going the wrong way, injuring themselves on the long path, etc...
Name an important African American figure in today's time period.
Who is: Barrack Obama, Michelle Obama, Lebron James, etc...
True or False? After slavery ended, African Americans were treated equally on buses, in restaurants, and throughout America?
What is: False
Who is the famous African American who was born a slave and then escaped slavery to the north. She then became a conductor on the Underground Railroad and helped about 300 other slaves escape to freedom!
Who is: Harriet Tubman
What is the word to describe a safe place that you could stop on the Underground Railroad? This was the official name for the stops on the path where white people would help slaves escape to the next location on their route to the North.
What is: a safe house or station
Where would slaves aim to go when they were traveling on the Underground Railroad? Where was the safest place for them to be?
Why is it important that we celebrate Black History Month?
Many possible answers.
List three jobs that George Washington Carver had.
What is: botanist, scientist, teacher, and inventor
Who is the famous African American who was born a slave, then went on to escape to freedom? He wrote books, speeches, and other written words to help fight for freedom and equality.
Who was: Frederick Douglass
What is the word to describe what Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr., and so many other African Americans worked toward. They worked to ___________ slavery.
What is: abolish
Harriet Tubman was one of the bravest travelers on the Underground Railroad. She traveled back hundreds of miles and risked getting caught many times to save hundreds of slaves. What was her nickname?
What is: Moses
Why is Black History Month during February?
What is: it is the month that both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were born.
What is: the "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington, D.C.