Global Black Resistance & Liberation
"This country was the first to successfully overthrow colonial rule through a slave-led revolution in 1804."
(What is Haiti?)
"This activist coined the term 'intersectionality' to describe how race and gender discrimination overlap."
(Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?)
"This deaf-blind Black author and activist fought for disability rights and racial justice."
Haben Girma
"This abolitionist and women’s rights activist famously declared, 'Ain’t I a Woman?'"
(Who is Sojourner Truth?)
"This country has the largest Black population outside of Africa."
(What is Brazil?)
"This South African leader was imprisoned for 27 years before becoming the country’s first Black president."
(Who is Nelson Mandela?)
"This civil rights activist and organizer of the 1963 March on Washington was openly gay."
(Who is Bayard Rustin?)
"Black people are disproportionately affected by this condition, which has ties to systemic neglect in healthcare."
(What is sickle cell disease?)
"This journalist investigated lynching and founded one of the first Black women’s suffrage organizations."
(Who is Ida B. Wells?)
"This Puerto Rican poet and activist fought for Black and Puerto Rican liberation."
(Who is Piri Thomas?)
"This global movement began in the U.S. but has inspired activism in Brazil, the U.K., and Nigeria under slogans like #EndSARS.
(What is Black Lives Matter?)
"This Black trans woman was a key figure in the Stonewall Riots and LGBTQ+ activism."
(Who is Marsha P. Johnson?)
"This blind jazz musician overcame racial barriers to become a global legend."
(Who is Ray Charles?)
"This scholar wrote Black Feminist Thought, advocating for the unique experiences of Black women."
(Who is Patricia Hill Collins?)
"The Garifuna people, who are of African and Indigenous descent, primarily live in this Central American country."
(What is Honduras?)
"This resistance leader in Jamaica fought against British colonial rule in the 1700s."
(Who is Queen Nanny of the Maroons?)
"This writer and poet explored Black queer identity in works like Sister Outsider."
(Who is Audre Lorde?)
"This activist and attorney fights for disability justice and racial equity, using a wheelchair."
(Who is Imani Barbarin?)
"This reproductive justice advocate founded SisterSong and coined the term 'reproductive justice.'"
(Who is Loretta Ross?)
"Black Indigenous people in this Caribbean nation resisted Spanish colonial rule for centuries."
(What is the Dominican Republic?)
"This revolutionary, known as 'the Black Napoleon,' led Haiti to independence."
(Who is Toussaint Louverture?)
"The Black queer ballroom scene in this U.S. city helped shape LGBTQ+ culture and influenced Pose and RuPaul's Drag Race."
(What is New York City?)
"This Black disabled scholar is known for their work on disability justice and intersectionality."
(Who is Dr. Sami Schalk?)
"The Combahee River Collective was a Black feminist group formed in the 1970s in this U.S. city."
(What is Boston?)
"This African empire traded with Indigenous people in the Americas before European colonization."
(What is Mali?)