Black Movements
This bill was introduced by JFK and passed in 1964 to fight racial discrimination
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The first Black woman to be Vice President of the US
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
Audre Lorde
The BLM movement was founded by these three people
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi
The First Self Made Woman Millionaire
Madame CJ Walker
"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth."
Shirley Crisholm
Dr. King and The Memphis Sanitation Workers’ Strike Had This Famous Slogan
Became the first Black woman to become a principled dancer for American Ballet Theater
"Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust."
bell hooks
Reconstruction began in this year
What is 1865
The First Black Woman In Congress
Shirley Chisholm
"If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these together ought to be able to turn it back and get it right side up again”
Sojourner Truth
The First Black Woman In Space
Mae C. Jemison
“The job of the writer is to make revolution irresistible.”
Toni Cade Bambera