Influential African Americans

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

Jackie Robinson was the first African-American

• to pilot in the US military.

• to become president of the United States.

• to play in Major League Baseball.

• to have a job in the government.

He was the African-American scientist to discover over 300 uses for peanut and soybean plants.

• Barack Obama

• George Washington Carver

• Jackie Robinson

• Frederick Douglass

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

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Barack Obama

• Frederick Douglass

What happened a year after Rosa Parks was arrested?

• Laws did not change to stop segregation on buses

• Laws were changed to stop segregation on buses

What does segregation mean?

• Bringing people together

• Unfair separating of people

• Irrigating farm land

George Washington Carver was a famous_____________

• scientist and inventor

• doctor

• lawyer

• inventor

What month is Black History Month celebrated?

• May

• January

• February

• December

She was the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. What was her name?

• Harriet Tubman

• Nina Simone

• Madame C.J. Walker

• Harriet Sims

Who created laser technology to help treat patients with cataracts?

• Jerry Lawson

• Dr. Patricia Bath

• Dr. Marie Maynard

• Dr. Harold Amos