Black History Month

These young men staged a "sit-in" at the Woolworth lunch counter on February 1, 1960.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• The Greensboro 4

• The Tuskegee Airmen

• Jackie Robinson and George Washington Carver

This civil rights leader used non-violent methods like marches and boycotts to gain support for equal rights for all.

• George Washington Carver

• Abraham Lincoln

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks became famous because she...

• was the first black woman elected as governor.

• wrote the Constitution of the United States.

• refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man.

• led her fellow slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

The "I Have a Dream" speech was given in Washington, D.C., by

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Barack Obama

• Frederick Douglass

Fredrick Douglass was a former slave who

• ran for president.

• started the NAACP along with Martin Luther King, Jr.

• was an adviser to President Lincoln and helped end slavery.

• bought a large plantation after the Civil War.

The first African-American pilots in the US military were known as

• the Tennessee Airmen

• The Flying Aces

• The Miracle Men

• The Tuskegee Airmen

Jackie Robinson was the first African-American

• pilot in the US military.

• to become president of the United States.

• play in Major League Baseball.

• discover peanut butter.

The first African-American to become President of the United States was

• Oprah Winfrey

• Fredrick Douglass

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Barack Obama

Harriet Tubman was known as "Moses" because

• she led her people to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

• she was really old.

• some people thought she was a man.

• she parted the waters of the Nile River.

The African-American scientist who discovered over 300 uses for peanuts was

• Barack Obama

• George Washington Carver

• Jackie Robinson

• Frederick Douglass