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  • Harriet Tubman helped organize the "_________ Railroad" (SPELL IT!)
    U N D E R G R O U N D
  • Is Ruby Bridges still alive today?
    Yes, she is 66 years old
  • Who was president Obama's vice president?
    Joe Biden
  • He was the President of the United States. His name is ___________.
    Barack Obama
  • Why did Harriet Tubman and her passengers often travel at night?
    It was easier to travel secretly in the dark.
  • Who is this woman?
    Rosa Parks
  • What is this woman's name?
    Harriet Tubman
  • She is a poet. She is ____________.
    Maya Angelou
  • This man was a famous boxer and past heavyweight champion of the world and was born in Kentucky in 1942?
    Muhammad Ali
  • What did Ruby Bridges do at age six?
    She became the first African American student to desegregate an all-white elementary school in the South.
  • Did president Obama serve one term or two terms as a president?
    Two
  • What team did Jackie Robinson play for?
    The Brooklyn Dodgers
  • What was the name of Martin Luther King Jr's famous speech?
    "I have a dream"
  • What does segregation mean?
    To seperate
  • What did Jackie Robinson do when people mistreated him after he started playing in the major leagues?
    He ignored them and focused on playing baseball.
  • As a young man, how did Frederick Douglass escape to the North?
    He disguised himself as a sailor
  • True or False: Muhammad Ali never had his boxing title taken away from him. 
    False
  • This woman is a civil rights activist and best known for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction bestseller by an African American woman?
    Maya Angelou
  • What courageous thing did Rosa Parks do?
    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus.
  • True or False: Muhammad Ali was born with that name.
    False
  • True or False: Rosa Parks is still alive.
    False