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Learn about people who worked for fairness and equality in their communities.
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Harriet Tubman escaped slavery and then went back to the South again and again. What is she remembered for?

Frederick Douglass used his writing and speeches to fight for freedom. What did he work to change?

Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus. Her protest was against ______.

Martin Luther King Jr. gave speeches and led peaceful marches. What did he work for?

Thurgood Marshall argued in court that all children deserve equal schools. What change did he win?

Which leader is known for using peaceful marches and speeches to fight for equal rights?

Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman both worked to end slavery. What work did Harriet Tubman do for the Union Army in the Civil War?
After Rosa Parks was arrested, Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead a protest in her city. What did Black citizens refuse to do for over a year?
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in 1955. In which city did this happen?
A community leader organizes neighbors to speak up for equal rights at a town meeting. Why does speaking up together help?

Martin Luther King Jr. asked people to march and speak out instead of fighting. What is that kind of protest called?
Before Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall led a team of lawyers for a civil rights group. Which group was it?
Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in Maryland by riding a train while dressed as what kind of worker?

Frederick Douglass visited President Lincoln to ask for one change for Black soldiers. What did he ask for?

Frederick Douglass taught himself to read and write while he was still enslaved.

Thurgood Marshall wanted to study law at his own state's university. Why did that school turn him away?

Thurgood Marshall was the first Black person to serve on the United States Supreme Court.

Before he became a judge, what was Thurgood Marshall's job?

Sojourner Truth went to court to win freedom for a family member who had been sold away. Who was it?

A streetcar conductor in Washington hurt Sojourner Truth's arm trying to push her off. What did she do next?

Sojourner Truth was born free and never lived in slavery.
Cesar Chavez led farm workers on a long march from Delano to California's capital. What were they asking for?

Cesar Chavez asked shoppers across the country to stop buying one fruit until farm workers were treated fairly. Which one?

Cesar Chavez told farm workers to use violence to win better pay.
Dolores Huerta helped start a farm workers' union. What was her main job in it?

Farm workers once worked long, hot days in the fields. What did Dolores Huerta's union win for them out in the fields?

Jackie Robinson stepped onto the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. What barrier did that break?

Years before baseball, Army lieutenant Jackie Robinson refused an order on a military bus. What was the order?

Mary McLeod Bethune opened a school in Florida with only $1.50. Who was that school for?

Mary McLeod Bethune's school started with five students in a rented house. What did it grow into?

Ida B. Wells bought a first-class train ticket, and the conductor ordered her into another car. What did she do?

Ida B. Wells wrote for newspapers. What did she use her writing to fight against?

As a young man, John Lewis sat at lunch counters that served only white customers. What was he trying to change?

John Lewis was badly hurt while marching across a bridge in Selma, Alabama. What right were the marchers asking for?

Sylvia Mendez was turned away from her neighborhood school in California. What did her parents do?

The Mendez family won their court fight in 1947. What changed for California schools?

During World War II the government ordered Japanese American families into camps. What did Fred Korematsu do?

About forty years later, a judge looked at Fred Korematsu's case again. What happened?

Jane Addams opened a big house in Chicago where immigrant families could take classes and leave young children.

A concert hall in Washington would not let a famous Black singer perform, so she sang outdoors for a huge crowd. Who was she?

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