Human Rights Superstars
This British-Lebanese human rights lawyer represents clients like Julian Assange and has served as a senior advisor to Kofi Annan on the Syrian conflict.
Amal Clooney
The highest peak in North America, this mountain located in the Alaska Range was officially renamed to its traditional name in 2015.
What is Denali?
Toni Morrison's Pulitzer winner frequently challenged in U.S. schools.
What is Beloved?
This musical comedy, created by the makers of South Park, satirizes the experiences of LDS missionaries proselytizing to locals in Uganda.
Book of Mormon
Represented by the scales, this air sign is all about balance, harmony, and justice.
What is Libra?
Born in South Africa, this anti-apartheid revolutionary became the country's first Black president in 1994.
Nelson Mandela
This landlocked country is notable for being entirely surrounded by South Africa.
What is Lesotho?
This graphic novel about the Holocaust was removed by a Tennessee school board in 2022.
What is Maus?
Two prominent musicals—Wicked and Hamilton—opened in this major U.S. city before their Broadway debuts.
San Francisco
Often associated with the centaur, this mutable fire sign is adventurous, optimistic, and loves to explore.
What is Sagittarius?
This American civil rights lawyer became the first Black Supreme Court Justice in 1967 after successfully arguing Brown v. Board of Education before the court.
Thurgood Marshall
This type of flat-topped hill with steep sides is an isolated landform often found in deserts and semi-arid regions
What is a mesa?
Marjane Satrapi's memoir of the Iranian Revolution faced classroom bans in Chicago in 2013.
What is Persepolis?
Dubbed the Queen of Broadway, she was famously misintroduced by John Travolta as “Adele Dazeem” at the 2014 Oscars, spawning the “Travoltification”
Idina Menzel
The twins of this air sign are Castor and Pollux, figures from Greek and Roman mythology.
What is Gemini?
This Nigerian writer and environmental activist was executed in 1995 for his leadership of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, which protested against oil exploration in the Niger Delta.
Ken Saro-Wiwa
This imaginary line of latitude is approximately 23.5 degrees north of the equator and shares its name with a zodiac sign.
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
Angie Thomas's YA novel about police violence is often targeted by censors
What is The Hate U Give?
Born in Oakland, this Berkeley High School graduate went on to win a Tony for his Broadway debut.
Daveed Diggs
Known as the planet of love and beauty, this celestial body rules over Taurus and Libra.
What is Venus?
A leading advocate for the rights of indigenous peoples, this Guatemalan activist won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum
This large, high-altitude lake, located on the border of Peru and Bolivia, is recognized as the world's highest navigable lake.
What is Lake Titicaca?
George Orwell's classic about surveillance and truth has been banned in different eras for opposite reasons.
What is 1984?
This local theater company won the Regional Theatre Tony Award in 1997 and runs a yearlong fellowship program meant to usher in the next generation of Bay Area musical talent.
Berkeley Repertory Theatre
: Represented by a sea-goat, this cardinal earth sign is known for its discipline, ambition, and practicality.
What is Capricorn?