Black Female Activists
Who organized the longest labor strike (6 years, 4 months, and 10 days) in American history to combat unfair labor practices against the Frontier Hotel?
Hattie Canty
Which prominent black female tennis player has 27 Grand Slam titles?
Serena Williams
She is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor.
Oprah Winfrey
In what year did the very first female and woman of color swear into office as vice president?
2021
Who is the dancer, singer, actor, fund raiser, author, and poet who read a specially-composed poem at President Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993?
Maya Angelou
Who established Winston-Salem’s black middle class in North Carolina through leading strikes and campaigns that led to job security and wage increases?
Velma Hopkins
Who is the popular world-famous gymnast who has won 31 medals in the Olympics?
Simone Biles
Who was the first black woman in the world to earn a pilot's license?
Bessie Coleman
When did women gain the right to vote?
(August) 1920
Who is considered the first black woman journalist who advocated for women's rights and the abolition of slavery?
Maria Stewart
Who helped lead 80,000 working people in the world’s first May Day parade (1886), which demanded the eight hour day? She is also known by anti-union forces as “more dangerous than a thousand rioters.”
Lucy Gonzales Persons
Who is the first Asian woman to hold the top ranking in Tennis singles and be ranked #1 in World Singles by the Women’s Tennis Association?
Who is the first African-American female millionaire.
Madame CJ Walker
In what year did Halle Berry become the first black woman to win an Oscar for best actress?
2002
Who was the prominent Black investigative journalist, educator and activist that led a powerful anti-lynching crusade in the U.S. in the 1890s?
Ida B. Wells
Who was a plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit that sought to eliminate the pay disparity between black and white teachers in 1942?
Who is the world’s first woman to run the Olympic 400m hurdles in less than 52 seconds?
Sydney McLaughlin
She was the first African American woman to become an Astronaut.
Dr. Mae Jemison
What year did the poem “still I rise” written by Maya Angelou debut for the very first time?
1976
Who was the jazz singer, pianist, and songwriter that was very closely associated with the Civil Rights movement? Also known as the “The High Priestess of Soul.”
Nina Simone
Who taught workshops and classes that empowered and inspired activist, including Rosa Parks, who took one of her workshop just months before the beginning of the Montgomery bus boycott?
Septima Poinsette Clark
Who made history at the 2012 London Olympics as the first African-American all-around champion for gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas
In 1916 she was the nation’s first sworn female African-American police officer.
Georgia Ann Robinson
Of what year did the very first black female by the name Althea Gibson win a grand slam?
1956
Who made history as the first Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court?
Kentanji Brown Jackson