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What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in 1800s led by Harriet Tubman?

• The Underground Railroad
• The Pony Express
• The Righteous Road
• The Fleet to Freedom

Who is quoted saying "Man, if you gotta ask what jazz is, you'll never know".

• Ella Fitzgerald
• Aretha Franklin
• Louis Armstrong
• Frank Sinatra

This term means refusing to buy a good or use a service as a punishment or form of protest

• Sit-In
• Boycott
• Smuggle
• March

Which civil rights activist is famous for his "I Have A Dream Speech" on August 28th, 1963?

• Malcolm X
• Roy Wilkins
• Bayard Rustin
• Martin Luther King Jr.

Why did Rosa Parks go to jail in 1955 ?

• She trash talked two white men
• She refused to give up her seat 
• She killed a white woman

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I escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849.  I helped hundreds of slaves travel north on the Underground Railroad.  I also helped John Brown recruit solders for the raid on Harpers Ferry.

• Jackie Robinson
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King, Jr.

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I worked for racial equality.  Many heard my "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.  I was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

• Jackie Robinson
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Harriet Tubman
• Rosa Parks

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I was the first African American to attend an all-white elementary school in the South.  For my protection, I had to be escorted by U.S. Marshals to and from William Frantz Elementary School that first day.

• Marcus Garvey
• Jessie Owens
• Langston Hughes
• Ruby Bridges

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I was the first African American allowed to play major league baseball.  I played for the Brooklyn Dodgers for 10 years.

• Harriet Tubman
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Rosa Parks
• Jackie Robinson

I was a scientist who made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans.  Some of these products included adhesives, dyes, and rubber substitute.

• George Washington Carver
• Thurgood Marshall
• Sarah E. Goode
• Sojourner Truth