Why is Black History Month Important?

• African American history is a big part of America’s history.

• Because it is at the end of the year.

• Without African Americans, many things would not exist in America.

• Because it is in the summer.

When is Black History Month?

• January

• February

• December

• March

True or False: Harriet Tubman helped free over 300 people!

• True

• False

What African-American woman made history when she refused to unfairly give up her seat on a bus?

• Aretha Franklin

• Oprah Winfrey

• Rosa Parks

• Wilma Rudolph

I was the first African-American child to attend an all-white public elementary school in the American South. Who am I?

• Ruby Bridges

• Aretha Franklin

• Hattie McDaniel

• Oprah Winfrey

Who was Audrey Faye Hendricks?

• The youngest to get arrested at The Children's March.

• The first to go to school.

• An adult who marched.

• A marcher for equal rights.

Who have you enjoyed learning about the most?

• Audrey Faye Hendricks - The youngest marcher

• Ruby Bridges - The first kid to go to an all white school

• Rosa Parks & Claudette Colvin - They didn't give their seat unfairly on the bus

• Harriet Tubman - Helped free over 300 people