Leaders Behind Bars
John Lewis often spoke of this two word idea, promoting the idea that it is our duty to break unjust laws
"Good trouble"
This 1831 Virginian law declared it illegal to teach Black Americans this.
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The first Black president (2008)
Barack Obama
Threw the first brick in the 1965 stonewall riots and dedicated her life to advocating for LGBTQ+ Rights
Marsha P. Johnson
the first African American golf champion to tour on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) circuit
Tiger Woods
Participants in these boycotts were arrested and jailed, as was required by segregation laws (Rosa Parks was the first).
(Montgomery) Bus Boycotts
These 1870s laws
mandated racial segregation in all public facilities, including schools, in the South.
Jim Crow laws
The first Black woman to be Vice President of the United States (2021)!
Kamala Harris
She has been called “Mother of the Freedom Movement”
Rosa Parks
the first African American to serve as US Secretary of State?
Colin Powell
This group of Black men were arrested in 1961 for staging a sit-in at a segregated McCrory's lunch counter
The Friendship Nine, or Rock Hill Nine
On November 14, 1960, this young activist was escorted to school by four federal marshals, and was among the first black students to integrate public schools.
Ruby Bridges
The first Black woman elected to the House of Representatives (1968)
Shirley Chisholm
Rescued approximately 70 enslaved people using the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a US Postage Stamp
Booker T Washington
This Civil Rights leader was arrested 29 times
Martin Luther King Jr.
September 4, 1957, this group of black students were blockaded by the Arkansas National Guard to prevent the students’ entry into an all-white high school.
The Little Rock Nine
The first Black person elected to the Senate (1870)
Hiram Rhodes Revels
lawyer who attended both Princeton University and Harvard Law School. She's held high-profile roles at the University of Chicago Medical Center
Michelle Obama
In what year were the first African slaves brought to the Americas
1619
This former member of the House of Representatives was arrested 45 times during rallies in the 60s and modern day
John Lewis
Where was the first public schoolhouse for Black children established in 1890?
Winter Park, Florida.
The first Black person appointed to the Supreme Court (1967)
Thurgood Marshall
Black lesbian feminist writer, poet activist, and librarian. Author of SISTER OUTSIDER: ESSAYS AND SPEECHES (1984)
Audre Lorde
Which author became the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (Her resume includes “Sula” and “The Bluest Eye”
Toni Morrison