This plant, often used by Native American tribes for food and ceremonial purposes, is a staple in many diets and is also known as "the staff of life."
What is corn?
This U.S. state, home to a large population of Mexican Americans, is often called the birthplace of the Chicano civil rights movement.
What is California?
This former slave became a prominent abolitionist, writer, and speaker, publishing his autobiography and leading the abolitionist movement in the 19th century.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This is the name of the Native American tribe that is famously associated with the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation to Indian Territory in the 1830s.
What is the Cherokee?
In 1968, high school students in this city led a walkout to protest educational inequality, marking a pivotal moment in Chicano civil rights history.
What is East Los Angeles?
This 1954 Supreme Court decision declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1832 recognized that Native American tribes had the right to govern themselves and live on their ancestral land.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This organization, founded in 1962 by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta, advocated for the rights of farmworkers.
What is United Farm Workers (UFW)?
This Harlem Renaissance writer is known for his novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," which explores African American female identity.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?