Black+History+Scavenger+Hunt

Read Read each clue below. Each tells about a famous African American on the list at the bottom of the page. Click on each person's name, to connect to a short biography of each person. Read about each person and decide which numbered clue matches each person.

On a piece of paper, number from 1 to 10. For each clue write the letter of the person, next to each number that matches the clue.  1. This person started a school in Alabama where black children could learn skills such as shoe making 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 birth name 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. [|A. George Washington Carver] [|B. Frederick Douglass] [|C. Mae Jemison] [|D. Thurgood Marshall] [|E. Jesse Owens] [|F. Rosa Parks] [|G. Jackie Robinson] [|H. Sojourner Truth] [|I. Harriet Tubman] [|J. Booker T. Washington]