Vocabulary
Important Women
MLK, Jr.
Jackie Robinson
Barack Obama
100
A person who works to end slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
100
At the age of 9, she was sold for $100 and a herd of sheep.
Who is Sojourner Truth
100
This was his name at birth.
What is Michael King, Jr.?
100
He was born on January 31, 1919 in this place.
What is Cairo, GA?
100
He graduated from this university in 1983.
What is Columbia?
200
The line between Pennsylvania and Maryland that was considered the line of demarcation between free and slave states.
What is the Mason Dixon Line?
200
In 1849, she escaped slavery using the Underground Railroad.  She late returned to Maryland to free other slaves twice a year.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
200
As a teen, he attended this high school where he won a speech contest.
What is Booker T. Washington High School?
200
He was the first person in history to lettered in these four sports.  He did this at UCLA.
What is baseball, basketball, football and track?
200
He earned his law degree at this Ivy League school.
What is Harvard Law School?
300
To abstain from buying or using.
What is boycott?
300
On December 1, 1955 she refused to give up her seat on a bus, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Who is Rosa Parks?
300
After High School he attended Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary, and this University, where he earned his doctorate.
What is Boston University?
300
He joined this Negro League baseball team in 1944.
What is the Kansas City Monarchs?
300
After law school, he became this kind of attorney.
What is a civil rights attorney?
400
To separate based on race, religion, etc.
What is segregate?
400
As a first grader in 1960, angry crowds yelled hateful things at her as she entered the William Frantz Elementary School.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
400
He gave this speech in 1963 in front of more than 250,000 people.
What is his I Have a Dream Speech?
400
In 1947, he was the first African American in 50 years to play Major League Baseball.  He played for this team.
What is the Brooklyn Dodgers?
400
He was elecectd to the United States Senate in this year.
What is 2004?
500

A person who is fleeing, from prosecution or intolerable circumstances.

What is a fugitive?
500
She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton in 1996.
Who is Rosa Parks?
500
After his assassination in 1968, this hotel later became a civil rights museum.
What is the Lorraine Motel?
500
He led his team to their only World Series in this year.
What is 1955?
500
He was elected as the first African-American president in this year and went on to serve two terms.
What is 2008?
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