Black Women of University of Michigan
Black Women History Facts
Black Women History Facts pt. 2
Black Women in Entertainment
100

Organizations that cater to Black women on campus

What are:  Sister 2 Sister, Nat Council of Negro Women,etc

100

The first Black First Lady of the United States?

Who is Michelle Obama?

100

The first recorded female self-made millionaire in the USA

Who is Madam C.J Walker?

100

The only cartoon series on Disney with a Black lead cast

Who is The Proud Family?

200

Signature S2S Events

What are Black Homecoming and Ladies Night

200

The first Black woman to travel to space

Who is Mae Jemison?

200

A leading scholar of Critical Race theory

Who is Kimberle  Crenshaw?

200

The first Black Miss America

Who is Vanessa Williams?

300

Current Director of Trotter Multicultural Center

Who is Dr. Kyra Shahid?

300

The first Black woman to give up her seat on the bus

Who is Claudette Colvin?

300

A Black transgender woman and activist known for involvement in the Stonewall Riots

Who is Marsha P. Johnson?

300

The first Black performer ro be appointed principal dancer for the American Ballet Theater

Who is Misty Copeland?

400

The Program Associate for DAAS, supporter of Black students, and the Black Student Union’s advisor 

Elizabeth James aka “Mama Beth”

400

The first Black woman to run for U.S president

Who is Shirley Chisholm?

400

This person coined the term “colorism”

Who is Alice Walker?

400

The first Black woman to sing at the Inauguration 

Who is Marian Anderson?

500

First Black woman admitted to the University?

Who is Mary Henrietta Graham (1880)?

500

The founder of the National Council of Negro Women

Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?

500

The Black woman author who has the first nonfiction best-seller by an African American woman

Who is Maya Angelou

500

Black woman singer heavily involved in the Civil Rights Movement and songs became civil rights anthems

Who is Nina Simone?

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