Black Women Activists
Professor and prominent Black woman leader within the Black Panther Party
Who is Angela Davis?
The number of distinguishing features of Black Feminist Thought
What is 5?
First Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
Who Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This course in African American studies is cross-listed with this other department
What is Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies?
First Black woman Billionaire
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
Poet, memoirist, actress, and civil rights campaigner. She is best known for her autobiographical work Why The Caged Bird Sings
Who is Maya Angelou?
This person testified against Clarence Thomas in 1992
Who is Anita Hill?
Representing Houston during the height of the civil rights movement, she was the first black woman elected into Texas legislature
Who is Barbara Jordan?
The total amount of points for all discussion boards
What is 50 points?
The First Black woman to win an Oscar
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
Nicknamed "Moses" because she led her people to freedom, she was an active proponent of women's suffrage and worked for the Union Army
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This book, which was adapted into a movie, was authored by the person who coined the term "womanism"
What is the Color Purple?
First Black woman to become an EGOT
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
The name of the building where office hours are held
What is the Swift Center?
The first Black woman to run for President of the United States
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
Journalist and social reformer, she led anti-lynching crusades and founded the Negro Fellowship League.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This wave of feminism addressed equal pay and intersectionality
What is the 3rd wave?
NASA mathematician known as the "human computer" that helped NASA send astronauts to the moon and back safely
Who is Katherine Johnson?
The name of the guest speaker from the first CAAS Power Hour
Who is Larry Kemp?
First Black woman to serve as the head of the National Security Council and the first Black woman to serve as secretary of state
Who is Condoleezza Rice?
This woman used blues music to bring attention to the lynching of Black Americans, resulting in her being put on the FBI's radar
Who is Billie Holiday?
The number of founding members in the Combahee River Collective
What is 9?
This Civil Rights activist has an HBCU named after her in Florida
Who is Mary McCleod-Bethune?
The scholarship that you are eligible to apply for if you make a B or higher in AAST 3320 AND have a 3.0 GPA.
What is the Pat Brandenburg Scholarship?
First Black women to go to space
Who is Mae Jemison?