Black History Month Jeopardy

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What was the famous trail of safe passages to the North that over 100,000 slaves used to escape to freedom called?

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Underground Railroad

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What name did Sojourner Truth leave behind when she escaped her owner to become an abolitionist and women’s rights activist?

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Sojourner Truth

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What were the 'bird nicknamed' types of laws passed in many states after the Reconstruction of the 1870s that kept whites and blacks apart in public areas?

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Jim Crow laws

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What was the name of the famous speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963?

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I Have a Dream

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What was Malcolm X's birth name?

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Malcolm Little

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In which city were members of the army called to protect nine African American students attending the first integrated Southern high school?

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Little Rock

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What was the landmark 1954 legal decision that overturned 'separate but equal' rulings since 1896?

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Brown v. Board of Education

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Who was the Indian spiritual leader whose philosophies of non-violence and truth inspired Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights era?

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Mohandas Gandhi

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This native of Jamaica founded a movement in 1914 to bring all the black people of America together in a modern back-to-Africa movement. Who was he?

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Marcus Garvey

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In which city was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated on April 4, 1968?

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Memphis