Fun facts about IBLC members
Which three staff members started their E4E careers as Organizers?
Who are Lasana, Lisa, Channell?
Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger?
Who is Rosa Parks?
In what year did Barack Obama become the first African American elected President of the United States?
What is 2008?
This boxer was known as “The Greatest"
Who is Muhammad Ali?
Hip-hop was originated in this East Coast city
What is New York City?
Which staff member is a descendant of Malcolm X?
Who is Dr. Marlena Little?
What Supreme Court case ended legal school segregation?
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
What organization, founded in 1909, is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the U.S.?
What is the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)?
These sisters dominated tennis courts winning a collective 30 Grand Slams during their career
Who are Venus and Serena Williams?
Which New England state had a prominent stop on the Underground Railroad?
This staff member wrote a play called Loose produced at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Who is Shun?
Who founded Negro History Week, which later became Black History Month?
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
Who was the first Black woman to travel into space?
Who is Mae Jemison?
This EGOT winner starred as an attorney and law professor in the show How to Get Away with Murder
Who is Viola Davis?
The Great Migration brought ~500,000 Black Americans to which Midwest city?
What is Chicago?
Which E4E staff member is also a professional DJ?
Who is Shayne?
Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech?
What is Washington D.C.?
Who was the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress?
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This five-time Grammy award winner is known for popular hits such as "My All" and "Always Be My Baby"
Who is Mariah Carey?
The first boarding school for African American girls was located in which New England state?
What is Connecticut?
Who is the first Black woman to serve as Secretary-Historian of the Diversity Council?
Who is Nakasha?
Who is the first Black woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice?
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This author who wrote works such as "The Bluest Eye" and "Beloved" was the first Black woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature
Who is Toni Morrison?
Directed by Ryan Coogler, this 2018 Marvel movie became a cultural phenomenon for its celebration of Black excellence and Afrofuturism
What is Black Panther?
Before his case reached the Supreme Court, Dred Scott lived for several years in this free U.S. territory at Fort Snelling located in which Midwestern state?
What is Minnesota?