DIRECTIONS: Read each clue. Each clue tells about a famous black American on the list below. Use the list to connect to a short biography of each person. On the line next to each clue, write the name of the person that the clue tells about.

1. _____________________ This person started a school in Alabama where black children could learn skills such as shoemaking and farming.
2. _____________________ This person visited President Abraham Lincoln in the White House in 1864.
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. _____________________ This person rescued a sister and her two children -- and many, many others -- from slavery.
6. _____________________ This person was a doctor who spent two years working with poor people in Africa before she went on to become famous.
7. _____________________ This person started a newspaper called "North Star," that helped fight slavery.
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 his first year playing baseball, this person was named Rookie of the Year. He hit 12 home runs that year and had a .297 batting average.
10. _____________________ This person's performance at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games made him famous.