Definitions
Another way to say "Black History Month" is:
A____ A_______ History Month
African American History Month
In what month is Black History Month celebrated in the US?
February
This man was a famous boxer, entertainer, and activist. He donated lots of money to charity. He died in 2016.
Muhammed Ali
STYOHIR
HISTORY
This word means separating people. This happened in the United States up until the 1960s. There were different schools, restaurants, parks, and theaters for white people and black people.
Segregation
True or False: George Washington Carver was a scientist who invented over 300 uses for the peanut plant.
TRUE
This man led the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s and he believed in peaceful protests. He was assassinated in 1968.
Martin Luther King Jr.
ROPESTT
PROTEST
A _______ is when people stop using a service as a way to protest. One of these happened in Montgomery, Alabama to protest segregated seating on the buses. It was inspired by Rosa Parks.
boycott
Who led a March on Washington DC in 1963 and gave the "I Have a Dream" speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
This woman participated in the civil rights movement. She believed in equality for all people. In 1955, she refused to sit in the back of the bus and was arrested. She lived to be 92 years old.
Rosa Parks
LICIV STIRGH
CIVIL RIGHTS
This is when people are treated differently or unfairly because of the color of their skin or their race.
Racism
Who was the first African American man to become President of the United States?
Barack Obama
This man was a track and field athlete. He won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. He broke 9 Olympic records and also set 3 world records!
Jesse Owens
TIOGREGESAN
SEGREGATION
P_______ p______s are a way of showing you disagree with something, without using violence. Another name for it is nonviolent resistance. Martin Luther King participated in a lot of these.
Peaceful protests
True or False: In 1976, President George Washington officially recognized Black History Month.
False- it was President Gerald Ford, not George Washington.
At the age of 6, this young girl was the first African American student to go to an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
Ruby Bridges
BELON ACEPE ZERIP
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE