Who in the World? (Part I)
I started a school for African American children in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Mary Bethune
I fought for migrant workers to receive better pay and more reasonable working conditions.
Cesar Chavez
something gained through hard work
achievement
The community planned to stage a ______ of the store that refused to recycle.
boycott
The magician’s skills were quite incredible and amazed the audience.
What's another word we could use to replace the italicized words?
extraordinary
I worked with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and traveled the country giving speeches on women's rights.
Susan B. Anthony
I refused to give up my seat on a bus to a white person.
Rosa Parks
rights guaranteed by a country’s government to all its citizens
civil rights
Eleanor Roosevelt devoted the last part of her life to improving _________ for everyone.
human rights
As part of the civil rights movement, many people participated in organized nonviolent protests that involve a person or people sitting down in specific locations and refusing to move.
What's another word we could use to replace the italicized words?
sit-ins
I gave my "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
I was the first African American to play baseball in the major leagues.
Jackie Robinson
an attempt to correct an unfair situation in a peaceful way without using physical violence
nonviolence
It took a great deal of ________ to stand up against laws that were unfair.
courage
Susan B. Anthony fought for women’s right to vote during her lifetime.
What's another word we could use to replace the italicized words?
suffrage
I was called "the mother of the civil rights movement."
Rosa Parks
I wanted women to have the right to vote.
Susan B. Anthony
people or things that stand in the way of forward movement or that hold up progress
obstacles
Parents are usually _____ of their children when they do their best work in school.
proud
As an African American, Jackie Robinson experienced unfair treatment due to his skin color when he was unable to eat at the same restaurant as his white teammates.
What's another word we could use to replace the italicized words?
discrimination
I was a First Lady and helped allow Marian Anderson to sing at the Lincoln Memorial.
Eleanor Roosevelt
I worked with Rosa Parks to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
people who travel from one area to another, usually in search of work such as harvesting crops
migrant workers
Mary Todd Lincoln became the ________ of the United States in 1861 when her husband, Abraham Lincoln, became president.
First Lady
Because of the practice of keeping groups of people separate, or apart, because of things such as race, Jackie Robinson was not able to eat at the same restaurants as his teammates when they traveled to play baseball.
What's another word we could use to replace the italicized words?
segregation