Black History Month Test

Helped abolish slavery by creating a route called the “underground railroad” to help slaves escape to freedom.

Refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Fought to end segregation and was known as the “first lady of civil rights.”

First African American child to attend an all white school in the American South.

First African American to play in Major League Baseball. Ended racial segregation in sports.

Was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. Fought to end segregation and Jim Crow Laws. Influential spokesman and famous for changing the lives of African Americans. Made the famous "I Have A Dream" speech.

American botanist and inventor. Promoted alterative crops to cotton. Well known for finding many uses for the peanut

Separating people because of their skin color.

To refuse to use or buy a product or service to protest somethings that is believed to be unfair or wrong.

Rights that all people have to freedom and to be treated equally.

The practice of uniting people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights.

A condition in which people are owned by others, who control where they live and at what they work.

A network of people, secret routes, and safe houses established in the United States used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada.