Black American History
Where did the historic march take place in 1965 that led to the Voting Rights Act?
What is Selma, Alabama?
Who is a well known Black queer author who wrote Go Tell it on the Mountain?
Who is James Baldwin?
What famous actor and activist plays Blanca on the hit series Pose?
Who is MJ Rodriguez?
What was the party led by Malcolm X called?
What is the Black Panther party?
What famous queer Abolitionist wrote Freedom is a Constant Struggle and Are Prisons Obsolete?
Who is Angela Davis?
Which queer Black artist sings the songs "Make Me Feel", "I Like That", "Pynk", and "Tightrope"?
Janelle Monae
Who was the first Black student to go to an integrated school in the American South?
Who is Rudy Bridges?
At 6 years old, Rudy Bridges became the first Black student to enter an integrated school in the American South in New Orleans on November 14, 1960.
Who received the Martin Luther King Jr. Medal of Freedom in 1990?
Who is Amelia Boynton Robinson?
Ms. Robinson began her fight for Civil Rights in 1930's and was on e of the first Black women to register to vote in Selma, Alabama. Ms. Robinson was also the first Black woman to run for congress in Alabama in 1964. Ms. Robinson also helped plan the March from Selma to Montgomery with MLK Jr.
Name one of two women who refused to give up their seats to a white passenger on a public bus prior to Rosa Parks.
Who is Claudette Colvin, or who is Irene Morgan Kirklady?
Nine months prior to Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on March 2nd. 1955. Ms. Colvin's case was pivotal in ending segregation in Alabama.
Ms. Kirklady refused to give up her seat 11 years prior to Claudette Colvin, and won her case in the Supreme Court on June 3rd, 1946. In 2001, she was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal from Bill Clinton.