Black History Month

Born a slave in 1818 in Talbot County, MD. This person taught themselves and other slaves to read, escaped slavery, and wrote a book despite the risk to being caught and returned to a life of slavery.

• Frederick Douglass

• George Washington Carver

• Rosa Parks

• Booker T. Washington

Who was the Heavyweight Boxing Champion who refused to be drafted into the Vietnam war? He was then stripped of his title.

• Joe Frazier

• Muhammad Ali

• Sonny Liston

• George Foreman

What state was Oprah born in?

• Alabama

• Tennessee

• Mississippi

• Pennsylvania

This person spent 10 years in prison before joining the Nation of Islam and changing their name, who was it?

• Muhammad Ali

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Michael B. Jordan

What city/state was Rosa Parks from?

• Louisville, Kentucky

• Omaha, Nebraska

• Tuskegee, Alabama

• Las Vegas, Nevada

This person helped over 300 slaves escape to freedom, helped the Union Army as a spy and nurse, and fought for the rights for African Americans and women. Who was it?

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Tubman

• Booker T. Washington

• George Washington Carver

Lived from 1797 – November 26^th 1883. This person was born a slave and was once sold for $100 and a herd of sheep.

• Sojourner Truth

• Muhammad Ali

• Oprah Winfrey

• Rosa Parks

Decided to study botany at Iowa State Agricultural College (was the 1^st African American enrollee). Then they earned their Master’s degree and became the 1^st African American faculty member at Iowa State Agricultural College. Also, they started the agricultural program at the Tuskegee Institute (worked with Booker T. Washington).

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Malcolm X

• George Washington Carver

In 1872, walked 500 miles to Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute and then earned his enrollment and graduated with top honors. In 1881, they were asked to LEAD Tuskegee Institute and built most of the school with the 30 original students.

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Frederick Douglass

• Malcolm X

A journalist/educator/civil rights activist. As a child they were allowed to attend school with white children and were not exposed to much racism until they attended Fisk University in Tennessee.

• Oprah Winfrey

• W.E.B Du Bois

• George Washington Carver

• Frederick Douglass