African Americans have shaped the history of these United States of America. In past years, their many accomplishments have not been given the recognition they deserve. For this reason, February has been named "Black History Month." Throughout this month we will recognize many African Americans that have made America truly, the land of the free.

Complete the Black History Month Treasure Hunt to get an idea of the great lengths African Americans have come throughout our nation's history.

1. Using Webster's Dictionary, define "Civil Rights" in your own words: ______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does this 1856 map compare? (*click on picture of map for an expanded, colored version)___________________ _________________________________________________________________ If you were to make a map key for this map, what would each of the colors represent? Black: ____________ Red: _____________ Green: ______________ 3. This is a poster used to recruit black men to fight on the side of the North in the Civil War. What year was this poster published? _______________ What does this poster promise black men who enlist to fight? _______________________ List two things that this document tells you about the United States at the time it was written. ________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Write a question to the authors of this poster. ___________________________________________________________ 4. Using Webster's Dictionary, define "segregation" in your own words: _______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. What did the Supreme Court rule in the Brown v. The Board of Education case in 1954? ________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Why do you think that the Supreme Court did that? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Using Webster's Dictionary, define "integration" in your own words: _______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What did the Supreme Court rule in 1956? ___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ How did Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus make a difference in fight for civil rights? __________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. When schools were integrated in 1957, who was called in to ensure safety? ___________________________________ Was this necessary? _______ Why or why not? _________________________________________________________ 9. How many people attended the March on Washington in August of 1963? ___________________ What was the highlight of the event? __________________________________________________________________ What do you think the March on Washington was all about? ________________________________________________ 10. According to Rachel Robinson's quote, what do most people see Jackie Robinson as? _________________________  _____________________________________________________________________________________________ What does she see him as? ________________________________________________________________________ 11. To whom is Jackie Robinson writing in this letter? Part 1 ... Part 2 _________________________________________ Why do you think he wrote this letter? ________________________________________________________________ List two things this letter tells you about the United States at this time: _________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What happened on April 4, 1968? ________________________________________________________________ 13. What words are written on Martin Luther King Jr's grave stone? __________________________________________ What do you think these words mean? ________________________________________________________________ Choose two African Americans from this list. Fill in the box below with the appropriate information on each person.

Name:	How did he/she make a difference for his/her race?

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