Slavery & Abolition
This was the first colony in 1641 to legalize slavery.
What is Massachusetts?
This civil rights leader coined the phrase, “by any means necessary.”
Who is Malcolm X?
Martin Luther King, Jr. was known for promoting this kind of protest.
What is nonviolent?
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862.
Who is Lincoln?
This Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery in America.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This African American woman’s refusal to give up her seat to a White man led to the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The date that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his
"I Have A Dream" speech
What is August 28, 1963?
This 1954 case ruled school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
This President signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Who is Lyndon Johnson?
This was the first territory to abolish slavery in 1776.
What is Vermont?
This South African leader was elected President of South Africa in 1994 after serving over 27 years in prison for his political views.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The date Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated
What is April 4, 1968?
This law abolished literacy tests as requirement for registering to vote.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This Amendment to the United States Constitution officially made African Americans United States citizens.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This Underground Railroad Conductor made 19 perilous trips to the deep South and guided over 3,000 slaves to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
Dr. King also wrote a famous letter from this jail.
What is Birmingham?
This 1896 decision allowed the use of "separate but equal" racially segregated accommodations and facilities.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
This general became president after leading the Union Army in the Civil War.
This abolitionist started the newspaper, the North Star in 1847.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Dr. King was awarded this prize in 1964.
What is the Nobel Peace Prize?
This 1967 decision holds that state laws prohibiting inter-racial marriage are unconstitutional.
What is Loving v. Virginia?
This President formally apologized to African Americans for the 1932-1972 Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment.
Who is Clinton?