Match Table Grid Quiz: African American Suffragists

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Mary Church Terrell

Mary Church Terrell, like Ida B. Wells, became famous for her activism. She was born in 1863 to former slaves in Memphis, Tennessee. At a young age, she became aware of the treatment she received as both a woman and an African American. Terrell and Wells worked together multiple times in their lives to bring attention to the mistreatment of African Americans. Terrell wanted to be active in the women’s suffrage movement but was overlooked due to the color of her skin. As a result, she founded the National Association of Colored Women and became their first president.

	The text says about Mary Church Terrell	The text does not say about Mary Church Terrell
Terrell was born a slave but freed in her twenties.
Terrell realized at a young age that she was mistreated because she was an African American and a woman.
She formed and became the first president of an activist group called the National Association of Colored Women
Terrell died before women were finally given the right to vote.

Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth was born a slave but was freed at the age of 29, when New York ended slavery within the state in 1827. Once she was free, she traveled all over the United States, giving speeches about her life as a slave.  Truth believed all people were equal, and her speeches helped others understand the struggles African Americans and women of all races faced. Her most famous speech is “Ain’t I A Woman,” which she gave at the 1851 Women’s Convention. In it, she highlighted the different ways African American women were treated compared to white women. While Sojourner Truth did not live to see women granted the right to vote, her speeches and writing inspired other African American activists.

Ida B. Wells  

Ida B. Wells was a writer inspired by the work of Sojourner Truth. Wells was never a slave, but she was still mistreated because of the color of her skin. Because of these experiences, she decided to become an activist who fought for equality for all people. At first, her work focused on equality for African Americans, but she later focused on women’s rights. She learned that many African American women did not have the resources to learn about politics, which made her work even harder to educate them. She started the Alpha Suffrage club, bringing African American suffragists together to become a more powerful group.  

Ida B. Wells attended the National American Woman Suffrage Association parade in Washington D.C. in 1913.  The white suffragists tried to make her and other African American women march at the back of the parade.  Wells refused to participate until she was allowed to march alongside the white women. This story became widely told and drew attention to the struggles African American women faced within the women’s suffrage movement.

Determine which state is true for either Sojourner Truth or Ida B. Wells.

	Sojourner Truth	Ida B. Wells
She was born a slave.
After experiencing racism and sexism, she became an activist fighting for equality for all people.
She organized the Alpha Suffrage club for black suffragists.
She delivered a famous speech to the 1851 Women's Convention.
White voting rights activists tried to make her march in the back of an important protest parade, but she refused and marched up front.

Excerpts from "African American Suffragists" by Margaret Gushue published in CommonLit, 2018

	Vegetable	Not a vegetable
Pizza
Green beans
Celery
Cheese

	Football Team	Basketball Team
Mavericks
Seahawks
Jazz
Cowboys
Lakers