Laws & Amendments!
Prior to the 1960s, US schools were allowed to SEPARATE children based upon their race. This was a process called...
Segregation
Who was the first African American to play baseball?
Jackie Robinson
Where did MLK give his famous speech "I have a Dream?"
Washington, DC
The name of the person who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott....
Rosa Parks
Who helped approximately 300 slaves escape to freedom during the Civil War?
Harriet Tubman
The process of ending separation of people by races is called....
desegregation
This person is considered to be one of the greatest gymnasts of all time...
Simone Biles
What country slaves able to runaway to during the Civil War and could live a free life?
Canada
This person wrote a famous speech called "I have a dream."
Martin Luther King Jr.
What was the name of the law Lincoln passed that ended slavery?
Emancipation Proclamation
A Supreme Court Case that defended the right to separate people based upon race in schools was called....
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This was the first Supreme Court Justice of color...
John Roberts
Judge Judy
Thurgood Marshall
Malcolm X
Thurgood Marshall
Where did Ruby Bridges go to school?
Boston, Massachusetts
Orlando, Florida
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
An effective strategy used by MLK to emphasize his ideas and turn them into action was called....
peaceful protests or nonviolent resistance
The name of the group who made great changes and provided support for people of color is called....
NAACP
A Supreme Court Case that determined separating people based upon race in schools was called....
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Brown vs. Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas
Brown vs. Board of Education in Topeka, Kansas
This man invented many uses for peanuts and was an incredible scientist!
George Washington Carver
Where was former President Obama born?
Montvale, NJ
Washington, DC
Honolulu, Hawaii
Boston, Massachusetts
Honolulu, Hawaii
LBJ or Lyndon Baines Johnson
What holiday in June celebrates the freeing of slaves?
June-teeth (19)
Which amendment gave men of all races the right to vote?
15, 16, 17 or 19th?
15
This person is considered to be an exceptional poet and has a famous quote:
Maya Angelou
Name three border states in the Civil War.
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri and eventually West Virginia
What year was the Civil Rights Act passed?
1954
1944
1964
1974
1964
Black History is specifically celebrated in February due to two abolitionists birthdays. Name both people.
Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass