Justice Wears Her Name
Harriet Tubman was associated with this railroad.
What is the Underground Railroad?
She became the first Black female vice president of the United States.
Who is Kamala Harris?
She is well known for her autobiographies and her poetry. She wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", which was the story of her life that brought her international attention.
Who was Maya Angelou?
She was the first Black female billionaire.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
She was the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal for High Jump.
Who was Alice Coachman?
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Ayo Tometi created this movement that gained traction in 2020.
What is Black Lives Matter?
She was the first black woman in Congress, and to make a serious run with a major party for the Presidency.
Who was Shirley Chisholm?
Phillis Wheatley is famous for being this.
What is being the first published Black poet?
Lauryn Hill became the first female rapper to win Best New Artist at the Grammys with this album.
What is The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill?
Venus and Serena Williams hold this many grand slams collectively.
What is 48?
She was a famous wife, but she also fought for civil rights, LGBT rights and women's rights in her lifetime. She has a literature award in her name.
Who was Coretta Scott King?
This is the year that Ketanji Brown became the first Black female Supreme Court Judge.
What is 2022?
This novel Zora Neale Hurston wrote told the tale of a character named Janie who falls in love with a man nicknamed "Tea Cake".
What is Their Eyes Were Watching God?
She is the first black woman to win an EGOT.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg?
Vonetta Flowers was the first African-American to win an Olympic gold medal in the Winter Games with this sport.
What is bobsledding?
Tarana Burke is the civil rights activist famous for her pivotal role in the creation of this movement.
What is #MeToo movement?
Barbara Jordan served six years in Congress and built a reputation as a keen legislator and an eloquent speaker. She made a powerful speech calling for the impeachment of Richard Nixon. She represented this state.
What is Texas?
Harlem Renaissance women writers published many stories in this magazine.
What is Crisis?
Halle Berry was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in 2002 with this movie.
What is Monster's Ball?
Sheryl Swoopes was the first Black female to have an athletic shoe named after her with this shoe.
What are Air Swoopes?
She was one of the powerful women of the civil rights and voting movement. She led a delegation to the Democratic Convention in 1964 to protest the seating of an all white delegation from Mississippi. She told Hubert Humphrey that the democrats would lose as they had turned their backs on the civil rights movement.
Who was Fannie Lou Hamer?
Carol Mosley Braun served as Senator from Illinois for six years followed by a stint as Ambassador to New Zealand. She is known for doing this.
What is being the first and only Black woman to serve in the Senate?
This many Black female poets have performed at Presidential Inaugurations.
What is 3?
Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American woman to win an Oscar for this movie.
What is Gone With The Wind?
She was the first Black female to coach a men's pro league team, the NBA Greenville Groves.
Who is Stephanie Ready?