Civil Rights & Social Justice
This journalist led an anti-lynching crusade in the 1890s.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to John Glenn’s orbit.
Who is Katherine Johnson?
First Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
First Black woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Tennis champion with 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
➡️ Who is Serena Williams?
This activist co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and said, “I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired.”
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
First Black woman to travel to space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
Poet who wrote “Still I Rise.”
Who is Maya Angelou?
First Black woman Vice President of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
Most decorated gymnast in World Championship history.
Who is Simone Biles?
This scholar and activist became a prominent figure in the Black Power movement and prison reform advocacy.
Who is Angela Davis?
This doctor invented a laser treatment for cataracts.
Who is Patricia Bath?
Director of the film Selma and the documentary 13th.
Who is Ava DuVernay?
First Black First Lady of the United States.
Who is Michelle Obama?
First American woman to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympics (1960).
Who is Wilma Rudolph?
She was a key organizer behind the scenes of the Civil Rights Movement and helped form SNCC.
Who is Ella Baker?
She invented the first home security system in 1966.
Who is Marie Van Brittan Brown?
This global superstar’s 2018 Coachella performance celebrated HBCU culture.
Who is Beyonce?
First Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
WNBA star and advocate for equality who plays for the Phoenix Mercury.
Who is Brittney Griner?
She refused to give up her seat nine months before Rosa Parks but did not receive the same recognition at the time.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This NASA mathematician and programmer became an expert in early computer programming and supervised the West Area Computing Unit.
Who is Dorothy Vaughan?
This media mogul became the first Black woman billionaire through television and film.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
She ran for President in 1972 under the slogan “Unbought and Unbossed.”
➡️ Who is Shirley Chisholm?
WNBA star and advocate for equality who plays for the Phoenix Mercury.
Who is Brittney Griner?