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Black History Month

MLK et al

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Bus boycott sparked by Rosa Parks Montgomery Bus Boycott
Dr. King gave this famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. "I Have a Dream"
Dr. King was jailed how often? Over 20 times.
Rosa Parks is famous because... She refused to give up her bus seat to a white man.
Segregation is... When African-Americans and white had separate things like water fountains, schools, and seating sections.
Discrimination is... When people are treated badly because of their differences.
Dr. King borrowed non-violent protesting methods from him... Mahatma Gandhi.
Protest where people walk to show their numbers and support. A march
A protest where people refuse to move and do not say anything. Sit-in
A type of protest in which people do not use a certain product or service to get a business to change a policy or practice. Boycott.
She was an escaped slave. Harriet Tubman
She helped her family to escape slavery. Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman escaped slavery when she made it to this state. Pennsylvania
Harriet Tubman participated in this war. American Civil War
Harriet Tubman was on this side in the American Civil War Union (North)
When the fugitive slave law was passed in 1850 Harriet Tubman left the US for this country. Canada
Was Harriet Tubman born a slave? Yes
Was Martin Luther King Jr. born a slave? No
Was Booker T. Washington born a slave? Yes.
Was W.E.B. DuBois born a slave? No.
Where was Booker T. Washington born? Virginia (the south)
Where was W.E.B. DuBois born? Great Barrington, Massachusetts (the north)
Where was George Washington Carver born? Missouri.
Was George Washington Carver born a slave? Yes.
He founded the Tuskegee Institute. Booker T. Washington
He founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) W.E.B. DuBois
He wanted equality and discrimination to end immediately. He was known as a radical in his time. W.E.B. DuBois
He advocated patience, education, and earning respect and eventually equality. Booker T. Washington
They both dedicated their lives to improving African American lives in the late 1800s and early 1900. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois
He invented over 100 uses for the sweet potato. George Washington Carver
He invented hundreds of uses for peanuts. Even a lotion to help treat Polio. George Washington Carver
He was a minister and an activist. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
They are notable African-Americans that had doctorates. Dr. King and Dr. DuBois
The first African-American to graduate from Harvard University with a doctorate. W.E.B. DuBoise
He worked at the Tuskegee Institute for 47 years. George Washington Carver
He invented the Jessup Wagon n 1906. George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver used the Jessup Wagon to teach this... Crop rotation and agricultural science to poor African-American farmers.
They believed that best way to equality was by getting an education. Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
He helped get the Civil Rights Act passed in the United States. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
He continued pushing for equal rights even after his house was fire-bombed. Dr. King
The first woman to lead an armed military attack in the United States military. Harriet Tubman
Leader of a spy ring in the Civil War. Harriet Tubman
A speech given in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. "I Have a Dream"
This hero could not read or write! Harriet Tubman
They are both buried at the Tuskegee Institute. George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington
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