Gay marriage was legalized in the United States in this year.
2015
This famous abolitionist said 'I never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger'
Harriet Tubman
This is the month and day that Juneteenth is celebrated
June 19th
This woman is known for being the first deaf-blind person to write a book and earn a Bachelor's Degree
Hellen Keller
Which ancient trade route connected Asia and Europe?
Hint: ____ Road
Silk Road
Transgender activist Marsha P. Johnson threw the first of this at Stonewall.
This figure known as Nation of Islam's most effective minister broke from the group in 1964 to form his own group, the Organization of Afro-American Unity.
Malcom X
This state was the last to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the U.S. and thus creating the Juneteenth holiday.
Texas
A 19th-century African American woman who was an abolitionist, women's rights activist, escaped from slavery, and successfully sued to get her son out of enslavement was Sojourner _______.
Truth
This country invented paper money
China
The Stonewall riots took place in June of this year
1969
This Supreme Court case decreed a slave was his master's property and African Americans were not citizens.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
This color is associated with the Juneteenth holiday
Red
(The color red is often used to symbolize the blood shed by enslaved people in their struggle for freedom)
This is the number of waves (different periods in the development of) Feminism.
Hint: it's between 1-5
4
Until 1989, the country of Myanmar was known under this name
Burma
This American medical drama television series features the longest-running queer character in TV history.
Grey's Anatomy (Dr. Callie Torres)
This intellectual of the 19th century founded Tuskegee University and was the first African American to have his likeness portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp
Booker T. Washington
Name one other name for the Juneteenth holiday.
Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, Black Independence Day, or Jubilee Day
Deborah Sampson fought in the American Revolutionary War disguised as this
A man
Queen Liliuokalani was the last sovereign monarch of this kingdom until it was overthrown in 1893
Hawaii
A.K.A. the "Mother of Pride," this bisexual woman helped organize the first ever Pride parade in New York
Brenda Howard
This fourteen year old black boy was lynched for whistling at a white woman
Emmet Till
Slavery officially ended in the United States in this year
1865
In 1893, this nation was the first to pass women's right to vote?
New Zealand
This is the national currency of India
Rupee