Celebration!
The holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United States.
Juneteeth
Supreme Court decision that decreed public schools should be integrated.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Person who said "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Who is Barack Obama?
On January 20th, 2009 this man became the First African American to serve as President.
Barack Obama
The name of the executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on Setember 22, 1862 that changed the legal status of more then 3.5 million people in the confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation
Which Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens?
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
Person who said "The time is always right to do what is right."
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr
The first African American to play in Major League Baseball
Jackie Robinson
The constitutional amendment that formally outlawed slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Which Supreme Court case stated that segregation was legal and constitutional as long as "facilities were equal"?
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
Person who said "I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger."
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Developed techniques to improve soils. Was a professor at Tuskegee Institute. Created 105 food recipes using peanuts. Time Magazine called him a"Black Leonardo"
Who is George Washington Carver
The year and date celebrated as the announcement of the abolition of slavery
When is June 19, 1865?
This prominent lawyer became the first Black Supreme Court justice in 1967.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Which famous athlete said "Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong."?
Who is Muhammad Ali
Her 1851 speech is known as "Aint I a Woman".
Sojourner Truth
The state Juneteeth celebrations are believed to have originated from.
What is Texas?
This was accomplished by President Harry S. Truman in July 1948 via Executive Order
What is Desegregation of all U.S. armed forces
Person who said "A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."
Malcolm X
Famous Runners, bringing attention to Human Rights at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Tommie Smith, Peter Norma, John Carlos