Who Am I?
I broke the color barrier by being the first African American man to play professional baseball.
What word is a synonym for the word bravery?
courage
boycott
What was one of the challenges that Jackie Robinson ran into while playing in an all white baseball league?
* he couldn't eat at the same restaurant or stay at the same hotels as his team
* people tried to hurt him
* he was called names
* some players wouldn't sit with him
Why did all the people we read about feel a need to fight for a change?
They thought things were not fair.
I went to jail because I refused to give up my seat for a white person on a city bus.
Rosa Parks
What word means someone is happy that your are doing your best? Parents may feel this way about their kids.
proud
What word means unfair treatment of person or group of people because of their skin color, race, or religion?
discrimination
Name 2 of the 3 things that Mary McLeod Bethune opened for people in her lifetime?
A school for African American girls, a hospital, and a library.
What are civil rights?
Rights promised by the government to all people.
I fought to end slavery and for women to have the right to vote.
Susan B. Anthony
This word means incredible or out of the ordinary.
extraordinary
What we do call rights that everyone is entitled to, even if they aren't always promised by the government, such as food, shelter, a job, and an education?
human rights
What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous speech?
I Have a Dream
Who is considered to be the "mother of the civil rights movement?"
Rosa Parks
As the first lady, I traveled around the world and spoke for human rights for people in the United States and around the world.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Things that get in your way of achieving what you want. This may also be a type of "course" in gym class.
What do we call people who wanted to end slavery?
abolitionists
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony worked together and traveled the country giving speeches about what?
women's rights
What was the result of Rosa Parks refusing to move from her seat and the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Segregation on public buses was against the law.
I fought for better working conditions and better pay for migrant workers.
Dolores Huerta
This word means keeping groups of people seperate or apart because of things such as race.
segregation
sufferage
What did Marin Luther King Jr. work with Rosa Parks to lead?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
What was it called when people had peaceful protests where they would sit at a place to show everyone they were upset about some unfair treatment?
sit-ins