Unbought & Unbossed
Who was the first Black woman elected to Congress in the United States?
Shirley Chisholm
This poet and author wrote Phenomenal Woman and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
Maya Angelou
Who was the first Black woman in space?
Mae Jemison
This self-identified "mother of the movement" was a transgender activist and co-founded STAR with Sylvia Rivera.
Marsha P. Johnson
This tennis legend has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, making her one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Serena Williams
This activist co-founded the Black Lives Matter movement in 2013.
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, or Opal Tometi
This singer and actress became a legend with hits like "Strange Fruit" and "God Bless the Child."
Billie Holiday
This trans woman and scientist co-founded the Transgender Gender-Variant & Intersex Justice Project.
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
This queer blues singer from the 1920s was known for her openly LGBTQ+ lyrics and raunchy songs.
Ma Rainey
Who was the first Black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress?
Halle Berry
Who was the first openly transgender woman to be elected to a state legislature in the U.S.?
Andrea Jenkins or Danica Roem
his writer, known for Beloved, became the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Toni Morrison
This mathematician’s calculations were crucial to NASA’s space missions and were highlighted in Hidden Figures.
Katherine Johnson
This writer and activist was known for her work in both the Civil Rights Movement and the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Audre Lorde
This gymnast became the first Black woman to win the all-around Olympic gold medal in gymnastics in 2012.
Gabby Douglas
Which Black feminist and civil rights activist wrote Sister Outsider?
Audre Lorde
Which iconic singer, known for Lemonade, has frequently spoken about Black empowerment and feminism?
Beyoncé
Which Black woman was the first to earn a medical degree in the United States?
Rebecca Lee Crumpler
This Black lesbian playwright wrote For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
Ntozake Shange
This actress played the first Black trans character in a major film, Tangerine, and later starred in Pose.
Mya Taylor
Marsha P. Johnson played a key role in this 1969 event that marked the beginning of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Stonewall Riots
This nonbinary writer and activist was a key voice in the Harlem Renaissance, writing Passing and Quicksand.
Nella Larsen
This scholar and activist coined the term “intersectionality” to describe overlapping systems of oppression.
Kimberlé Crenshaw
This Black trans woman founded the first U.S. shelter for transgender people, the House of GG.
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy
This singer, who won multiple Grammys and made history at the Super Bowl, came out as nonbinary in 2022.
Janelle Monáe