Period 8 Black History Month 2

Muhammad Ali was born with the name Cassius Clay.

Thurgood Marshall grew up in the time when segregation was legal.

W.E.B. DuBois agreed with many other African American leaders and believed that Jim Crow laws were acceptable.

When was W.E.B. DuBois born?

What famous court case did Thurgood Marshall represent when he was a lawyer?

W.E.B. DuBois did not experience segregation until he was a student in college.

Which of the men we learned about is known for being a boxer?

According to the text Thurgood Marshall often debated at family dinners. What does it mean to "debate"?

Why did over 250,000 people participate in the famous March on Washington led by MLK in 1963?

Where was W.E.B. DuBois born?

Thurgood Marshall won the court case Brown v. Board of Education. What was the result of this ruling?

What is the most powerful court in the United States?

What organization did W.E.B. DuBois help to begin in 1909?

Which of these men is known for being a writer and teacher who worked for the rights of African American people?

Dr. Martin Luther King believed that protests should be non-violent.

Thurgood Marshall struggled in school and was near the bottom of his class at Howard University.

W.E.B. DuBois is known for writing essays that discussed the lives of African Americans. What is an essay?

What did Muhammad Ali win?

Muhammad Ali called himself...

Muhammad Ali is also known as a philanthropist, someone who used their money to help others.

What year did Muhammad Ali die?

What did Thurgood Marshall study in school at Howard University?

Which of these men is known for being the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

What was Muhammad Ali's famous description of his boxing technique?

What event caused Muhammad Ali to discover boxing?