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Black History: The Road to Freedom

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  • Who does the painting "The Problem we all live with" represent?
    Ruby Bridges, the first black girl who went to a school for white people.
  • When was Barack Obama elected president of the USA?
    in 2008
  • When was slavery abolished?
    in 1865, at the end of the Civil War
  • What did the Civil Rights Acts guarantee?
    It guaranteed Black people to have the right to vote
  • How were called the Segregation laws?
    The Jim Crow laws
  • Who refused to give up her seat to a white man in the bus?
    Rosa Parks
  • In the 1960s, three Civil Rights activists were murdered. In which state was it?
    In Mississipi
  • Who assassinated president Abraham Lincoln?
    a pro-slavery rebel
  • Why is the election of Barack Obama important in the History of Black people?
    Because he was the first Black president of the USA (and only one so far)
  • Give the name of Martin Luther King's famous speech.
    "I have a dream" speech (1963)
  • Why is Ruby Bridges famous for?
    She was the first black girl to go to an all-white school
  • When was Martin Luther King shot dead?
    in 1968