Queer Black History
Marsha P. Johnson said the P in her name stood for:
Pay it no mind
Who was the first black President of the USA?
Barack Obama
These common agua fresca flavors trace their origins to West Africa.
What are "jamaica" and "tamarindo"?
This network of secret routes was used by enslaved African Americans to escape into free states.
What is The Underground Railroad?
This famous boxer was formerly known as Cassius Clay
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This feminist lesbian poet broke ground with her emphasis on the intersections in works such as "Sister Outsider" and "Zami".
Who is Audrey Lourde?
This African American leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism.
Who was Malcolm X?
This country has the largest population of people of black people outside of Africa, at around 108 million people identifying as Black or of mixed black heritage.
What is Brazil?
This radical group served breakfast to school children everyday, leading to the creation of our national school meals program.
Who is the Black Panther Party?
Already decorated despite her young age, this athlete is the most decorated American gymnast ever with a total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals
Who is Simone Biles?
He said “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced".
Who is James Baldwin?
This African American woman helped 300 slaves escape to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This Caribbean nation is recognized as the first independent Black nation in the world & the first country to permanently abolish slavery.
Haiti
This pioneering Black feminist lesbian socialist organization is known for developing the theory of "interlocking oppressions" (intersectional feminism).
Who is the Combahee River Collective?
Crowned the worlds fastest woman in 1960, this athlete was the first American female to sweep three gold medals in a single Olympics
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
She made history by becoming the first Black, trans woman elected to public office in the U.S.
Who is Andrea Jenkins?
As a 6-year-old, she was the first black child to integrate an all-white school.
Who is Ruby Bridges?
She was the first black woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (in 2004 for environmental activism).
Wangari Maathai
In 2013, three radical Black organizers—Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi—created a Black-centered political-movement-building project called ____ in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer, George Zimmerman.
What is #BlackLivesMatter?
They were the first openly transgender athlete to compete in NCAA sports, playing basketball for George Washington University.
Who is Kye Allums?
This actress was just honored at the Center's Highly Favored event for her role in the groundbreaking TV show "Pose".
Hailie Sahar
1 year before Rosa Parks, this 15 year old girl refused to give her seat to a white man.
Note: she is still alive today.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
Among the first U.S. regiments to arrive in France for World War 1 was the 369th Infantry, an all-black regiment known as the “_____.”
Wha are the Harlem Hellfighters?
Africans and their descendants who escaped slavery in the Americas, forming independent, free communities in remote, mountainous, or swampy areas are known as..
The Maroons
The first name of Tiger Woods, who is regarded as the greatest golfer ever due to being first all time in PGA Tour wins and second all time in men's major championships
What is Eldrick?