Activists
Harriet Tubman was an American hero and made 19 trips and escorted over ____ slaves to freedom.
(Hint: it's a multiple of 100).
300
Which sport did Jackie Robinson play?
(Hint: You play this sport outside)
baseball
Who became the first African American president of the United States of America?
(Hint: B.O)
Barack Obama
George Washington Carver was an American botanist and ______.
(Hint: he likes to create things)
inventor
Sojourner Truth was an activist for both the Civil Right Movement and the _______ Rights Movement.
(Hint: She wanted women to be treated equally.)
Women's
Michael Jordan had an incredible career in which sport?
(Hint: Some think he's the greatest player of all time.)
basketball
Who became the first woman and first African American vice president of the United States of America?
(Hint: K.H)
Kamala Harris
Mae Carol Jemison was the first female African American ________.
(Hint: she loves space!)
astronaut
Bryan Stevenson is an incredible activist for the human rights of all people. He is a _______ who defends those sentenced to death row.
(Hint: What's his job?)
lawyer
Alice Coachman was the first black woman to win a ____ medal in 1948.
(Hint: What color medals do athletes win in the Olympics?)
gold
Barbara Jordan was a lawyer, educator, and politician and was the first woman to ever be selected into the ______ Senate.
(Hint: Which state?)
Texas
Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to hold a ______'s license.
(Hint: What is her job? She likes to be in the sky!)
pilot
Rosa Parks remained seated and demanded equality on the Montgomery, _______ city bus in 1955.
(Hint: Which state?)
Alabama
Serena __________ is an American professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's single tennis.
(Hint: What's her last name? She has a sister named Venus Williams.)
Williams
Thurgood Marshall is the first African American Supreme Court ________.
(Hint: He's involved in matters that deal with the law.)
justice
Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent civil rights leader in America in the ______'s.
(Hint: Which decade?)
1950