Black History 101
Name ________________________________
DIRECTIONS: Read each clue below. Each clue tells about a famous black American on the list at
the bottom of the page. Use the list to connect to a short biography of each person. On the line
next to each clue, write the name of the person to whom the clue refers.
| 1. _____________________ | This person started a school in Alabama where black children could learn skills such as shoemaking and farming. |
| 2. _____________________ | This person started a newspaper called "The North Star." |
| 3. _____________________ | This person refused to give up a seat on the bus. That led to a 382- day bus boycott by black people in Montgomery, Alabama. |
| 4. _____________________ | When this person was just a few weeks old, he and his mother were kidnapped. His mother was sold into slavery. |
| 5. _____________________ | Because this person led so many slaves to freedom, he or she was sometimes called by the nickname Moses. |
| 6. _____________________ | This person was a doctor who spent two years working with poor people in Africa before she went on to become famous. |
| 7. _____________________ | One of 13 children, this person's birthname was Isabella Baumfree. |
| 8. _____________________ | The president named this person to be the first black to hold a seat on the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land. |
| 9. _____________________ | In 1962, this person became the first black player inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 10. ____________________ | This person's performance at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games made him famous. |
George Washington Carver
Frederick Douglass
Mae Jemison
Thurgood Marshall
Jesse Owens
Rosa Parks
Jackie Robinson
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
Booker T. Washington
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