Supreme Court Justices
This justice was affectionately referred to as the Notoriuos RBG.
Who is Ruth Bader Gingsberg?
When Devon Chaffe joined the organization in 2012 as Executive Director, how many individuals were on staff.
What is 3?
She's been called a member of the Black Panthers and America's Most Wanted, this University of California professor & author now frequently speaks and advocates for the abolition of prisons.
Who is Angela Davis?
Mother, mother, there's too many of you crying.
And brother, brother, brother, there's far too many of you dying.
What is Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?"
An abolitionist and women's right's activist whose most famous speech ws titled "Ain't I a Woman?"
Who is Sojourner Truth?
The first woman to serve on the Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
This ACLU-NH employee has worked for several affiliates and has served as Executive Director of the South Carolina affiliate.
Who is Frank Knaack?
The name given to the group of 9 black teenagers accused of raping 2 white women who were tried and sentenced to death until one of the accusers said during appeal that the rape accusation has been totally fabricated.
Who are the Scottsboro boys?
You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world can be as one.
What is John Lennon's "Imagine?"
Active in both the black civil rights movement & the LGBTQ fight for equality, this black man, gay man and Quacker taught Martin Luther King the principles of non-violence and organized the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is Bayard Rustin?
Nominated by Barack Obama, this justice holds the title as the first Latina on the Supreme court?
The ACLU-NH is 2 organizations. The ACLU-NH "The Union" and the ACLU NH Foundation. Which organization is the tax exempt (c)3 organization.
What is the ACLU-NH Foundation?
This 2019 mini series by Ava Duvernay was based on the Central Park jogger case of 1989 & the young men accused of this crime.
What is "When They See Us?"
Don't catch you slippin'now,
Don't catch you slippin' now,
Look what I'm whippin' now
What is "This Is America" by Childish Gambino (or Donald Glover)?
Activist and author, he penned such books as Giovanni's Room, If Beale Street Could Talk and Notes on a Native Son.
The first African-American to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court.
This ACLU-NH employee earned a Masters from Antioch of New England with a focus on Advocacy and Organizing.
Who is Karen Rose?
Based on the book by Bryan Stevenson, this film starring Jaime Foxx and Michael B. Jordan tells the story of Walter McMillan who was sentenced to prison for a crime he never committed.
What is Just Mercy?
They will not force us,
They will stop degrading us.
They will not control us.
We will be victorious.
In 1952, after gender reassignment surgery, she became the first transgender person to gain large mainstream media attention.
Who is Christine Jorgenson?
Recently confirmed by the Senate, this justice will be the first black woman to serve on the court.
Who is Ketanji Brown?
The year the NH Civil Liberties Union held its first meeting.
What is 1968?
The name given to the 1921 even where mobs of white residents attacked black residents in Oklahoma, destroying homes and businesses, killing 39 and hospitalizing over 800.
What is the Black Wall Street Massacre or the Tulsa Race Massacre?
I was born by the river in a little tent. Oh, and just like the river, I've been running ever since.
What is "Long Time Coming" by Sam Cooke?
This New Hampshire resident (born in Keene) traveled to Alabama to help with voting rights for African Americans and was shot and killed using his body as a shield to protect a young black teenager.
Who is Jonathan Daniels?