Transcript Slide 1

Harriet “Moses”
Tubman
Dr. Charles
Richard Drew
Barack
Obama
Daniel Hale
Williams
Martin Luther
King
Thurgood
Marshall
Black History Time Line
African-American Biographies
Black History Month reflects on, celebrates and honors the AfricanAmerican experience from the times of slavery through the present
day. Everywhere you look, black culture, talent, and expression have
played an enormous role in shaping America’s past and present.
Harriet Tubman
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1.
What was the Underground Railroad?
1. A train that passed through a 20 mile tunnel
2. A secret system of people that helped slaves escape to the North
3. The railroad for the underground people who never come to the surface
2.
How many Underground Railroad trips did Harriet Tubman make in 10 years?
1. 4
2. 19
3. 121
3.
How many slaves did Harriet Tubman help lead to freedom?
1. 300
2. 1000
3. 5,000
4.
What jobs did Harriet Tubman do during the Civil War?
1. cook, soldier and waitress
2. railroad worker, teacher and hunter
3. nurse, scout and spy
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Underground Railroad
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1.
What did Dr. Drew invent?
1. Open heart surgery
2. Blood bank
3. Plastic surgery
2.
What did Dr. Drew discover that was so important?
1. That blood is red
2. That people can live a long time without blood
3. That plasma will store longer than whole blood
3.
What organization copied Dr. Drew’s methods and procedures?
1. The Red Cross
2. Kaiser Hospital
3. Children’s Hospital
4.
Why did Dr. Drew resign from his position as Director of the Red Cross?
1. He couldn’t get enough blood
2. The blood kept turning green
3. The Army didn’t want to mix the blood of black people with the blood of white people.
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Daniel Hale Williams
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1.
What did Daniel Hale Williams do for the first time?
1. crossed Niagra Falls in a wheelbarrow on a tightrope
2. took a color photograph
3. performed open heart surgery
2.
Who helped Daniel Hale Williams?
1. six cowboys
2. six doctors
3. six clowns
3.
What year did this happen?
1. 1943
2. 1776
4.
3. 1893
Why did Daniel Hale Williams do what he did?
1. A man had been stabbed in the heart
2. To get to the other side
3. his girlfriend wanted a picture of herself
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Martin Luther King
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PLEASE READ DR. KING’S BIOGRAPHY BEFORE GOING
TO HIS SPEECH
“I Have a Dream”
(complete speech)
This is the actual speech given by Dr. King.
It is 17 minutes long.
Martin Luther King
Dr. King was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929. As a child he
enjoyed reading, singing, riding a bicycle and playing football
and baseball. He was an excellent student and entered
Morehouse College at the age of 15. After he graduating from
college, he married, became a minister and moved to Alabama.
Dr. King experienced racism while growing up and decided that
he would do something about it. During the 1950’s, he became
active in the movement for civil rights and racial equality. He
participated in a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama and
other peaceful demonstrations.
Martin Luther King was an exceptional orator. In 1963, he gave
his most famous speech, “I Have a Dream.” He gave this
speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of 200,000.
He won the Nobel Peace prize in 1964.
Dr. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis
Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
racism
• The belief that some people are
better than others simply because of
the color of their skin.
• Example: In the 1900’s in some cities
in the United States, black people
could not use the same restaurants,
drinking fountains or bathrooms as
white people.
boycott
• When a group of people refuse to buy or use
certain goods or services in order to make a
government or a business to make changes.
• Example: After Rosa Parks was arrested for not
giving up her seat to a white passenger, black
people stopped using (boycotted) the bus
system in Montgomery, Alabama for over a year.
It was reported that the bus system lost $3,00 a
day due to the boycott.
civil rights
• These are the rights that every citizen
should have.
• Example: Every citizen should expect the
same protection from the police. Every
citizen should expect access to a good
education. Citizens should not be denied
the opportunity to make a better life for
themselves.
racial equality
All races (white, black, brown, red,
etc.) are considered equal and no race
is superior to the other.
Example: No one would be kept from
doing something simply because they
belong to a certain race.
orator
• A person who gives a speech.
(A good orator is a person who
understands their language, has a
good vocabulary and can explain
things in a way that people want
to listen.)
African American Biographies
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• Click here and scroll through the list of these
famous African-Americans.
• Find out what B.K. Bruce, Guion Buford, Sarah
Goode, Mae Jemison, Barbara Jordan, Jackie
Robinson and Maggie Lena Walker had in
common!!!
• Click here to read stories of former slaves (slave
narratives).
•Click the button to read the words
• of Louis Armstrong’s song,
•“What a Wonderful World”
Song: “What a Wonderful World”
• Artist: Louis Armstrong
Title: What A Wonderful World
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see 'em bloom for me and you
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
I see skies of blue, clouds of white
The bright blessed days, and dark sacred nights
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow
Are so pretty in the sky
It's also on the faces
Of people goin' by
I see friends shakin' hands
Sayin', "How do you do?"
Fairies sayin', "I love you."
I hear babies cry, and I watch 'em grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself, what a wonderful world
I think to myself, what a wonderful world
Thurgood Marshall
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1.
Thurgood Marshall’s was the first African-American to serve on ______.
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2.
3.
2.
His first name was originally ____________.
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2.
3.
3.
Toogood
Thoroughgood
Thorougbred
Thurgood Marshall was a lawyer on the historic Brown vs. Board of
Education case, which argued against _________.
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2.
3.
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a school board
the Supreme Court
a tennis court
selling alcohol
segregation
giving homework
Thurgood Marshall served for 24 years on the ______________.
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2.
3.
Supreme Court
California Board of Education
F.B.I.
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was born on July 2, 1908. He was raised in Baltimore,
Maryland. His first name was originally Thoroughgood, but he shortened it to
Thurgood in elementary school.
He graduated from college in 1930 and then went to law school. Upon
graduating from Howard University in 1933, he started a law practice and
joined the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People).
He served as the legal director for the NAACP for 21 years and was on the
team of lawyers that fought against segregation in public education in the
Brown versus Board of Education case in 1954. He helped win the case.
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Marshall the chief legal,
officer in the United States. In 1967, Johnson appointed Marshall to the
Supreme Court. Marshall was the first African-American on the Supreme
Court. He served on the Supreme Court for 24 years.
Marshall died in 1993 at the age of 84. He is remembered as a fighter for
human rights.
On January 7, 2003, the US Post Office issued a stamp honoring Marshall.
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segregation
Segregation was the practice of having
white students go to “white” schools and
black students go to “black schools”.
Example: Linda Brown had to go five
miles to school even though she lived four
blocks from a public school. The school
near her house was for white students
only.
Brown vs. Board of Education
The most famous court case of the civil rights
movement began in 1950 when 7-year-old Linda
Brown of Topeka, Kansas, was denied access to a
school that was just four blocks from her home
because she was black. Linda's father went to court
and on May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court
ruled that racial segregation (or separating races) in
public schools violates the Constitution.
Linda Brown in an integrated
class shortly after the Brown vs.
Board of Education decision to
stop segregating students in
public schools.
Barack Obama
Barack Obama was elected President
of the United States of America in
November 2008. He will begin serving
his term of office on January 20, 2009.
To read his biography (Wikipedia) click here
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