Lesson 3: Heroes with Heart
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Game Questions

Martin Luther King Jr. This Nobel Peace Prize winner never gave up on his dream even though he suffered many personal attacks; such as having his house bombed and being stabbed by another citizen.

Cause:
The civil rights movement.

Rosa Parks This person initiated a year-long boycott which would eventually lead to the Supreme Court decision regarding segregation in Alabama.

Cause:
Discrimination of African Americans, esp. with regard to busing.

Susan B. Anthony This historical figure demanded that women be given the same civil and political rights that had been extended to black males under the 14th and 15th amendments.
B.Q. Besides woman's rights, she devoted herself to what other cause between 1856 and the beginning of the civil war in 1861?

Cause:
(Temperance) Woman's equality.

B.Q.A.
Antislavery

Frederick Douglas He realized that if learning how to read and write was his pathway to freedom, then gaining this knowledge was to become his goal. He gained command of the alphabet on his own and made friends with poor white children he met on errands and used them as teachers. He paid for his reading lessons with pieces of bread. At home he read parts of books and newspapers when he could, but he had to constantly be on guard against his mistress.
B.Q. Describe his life at age 6.

Cause:
Antislavery

B.Q.A.
They were fed cornmeal mush that was placed in a trough. They made homemade spoons from oyster shells and competed with each other for every last bite of food. The only clothing that they were given was one linen shirt that hung to their knees. The children were provided no beds or warm blankets. On cold winter nights they would huddle together in the kitchen of the Anthony house to keep warm.

César Chávez His life was built on fundamental moral principles, such as, self-sacrifice for others, struggle despite overwhelming odds, respect for races and religions, nonviolence, belief in a divine soul and moral order, rejection of materialism, faith in the moral superiority of the poor, as well as a central belief in justice. He represented the struggles of all peoples in America to achieve a better life and a moral code that might point a way out of the dilemma America confronts as it enters the 21-century. He used boycotts to make his voice heard. Cause:
Equality for all people, esp. in regard to Mexican Americans
Sojourner Truth Born into slavery in New York and buried in Michigan, this heroic female raised food and clothing contributions for black regiments during the Civil War. In the late 1840s she become a popular speaker. In 1850, she added another cause to her public speaking. Causes:
Antislavery/abolition
Woman's suffrage
Harriet Tubman Considered a "Moses," a woman of no pretensions, indeed, a more ordinary specimen of humanity could hardly be found among the most unfortunate-looking farm hands of the South. Yet, in point of courage, shrewdness and disinterested exertions to rescue her fellow-men, she was without equal. Cause:
Antislavery/ The Underground Railroad
George Washington Carver In the late 1920's, this historical figure began to work closely with the Commission for Interracial Cooperation and the Y.M.C.A. (Young Men's Christian Association).
B.Q. Wrote a poem entitled Equipment. What was the message of his poem?

Cause:
US chemist, educator. He was a noted agricultural researcher who discovered many industrial uses for peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.

B.Q.A.:
It was a message to all people to inspire them to make the most of their lives. It stressed that they are capable of all things and their biggest downfall would be their own personal desire to succeed.

Fanny Wright Visited the US in 1818, returned to England and published observations in Views of Society and Manners in America (1821). It praised America's experiments in democracy and provided information for radicals in Britain involved in the struggle for parliamentary reform. In 1825 she purchased 2,000 acres of woodland thirteen miles from Memphis in Tennessee and formed a community called Nashoba to train slaves for freedom.
B.Q. What were some of her beliefs that were considered radical at the time?

Cause:
Antislavery, equality for women

B.Q.A.:
Birth control, liberalized divorce laws, equality of women

Madam C.J. Walker Tenacity and perseverance, faith in herself and in God, quality products and "honest business dealings" were the elements and strategies she prescribed for those who requested the secret to her rags-to-riches ascent. "There is no royal flower-strewn path to success," she commented. "If there is, I have not found it for if I have accomplished anything in life it is because I have been willing to work hard." Cause:
The betterment of African American life. (Students may get credit for mentioning either of these 2 causes: Including support for the NAACP's anti-lynching movement and the "colored" YMCA.)