Black History Month

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Why did Rosa Parks go to jail in 1955?

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She refused to give up her seat.

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I was an abolitionist who fought against slavery and for women's rights. I published an antislavery newspaper called the North Star. I became a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln.

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Frederick Douglass

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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 soldiers for the raid on Harpers Ferry.

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Harriet Tubman

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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.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Who won four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, making Hitler mad because he assumed the Germans were superior?

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Jessie Owens

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The rights of citizens to social equality, freedom, and political freedom

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civil rights

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What month is Black History Month?

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February

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Who was the first female African-American astronaut?

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Mae C. Jemison

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What is a person that wants to end slavery?

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abolitionist

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What does it mean to separate people because of their race?

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segregation