She rescued over 300 people from slavery and served as a general in the Union army.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100
She famously refused to give up her seat in the front of a bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
She wrote numerous books including "Beloved" and "The Bluest Eye."
Who is Toni Morrison?
100
This is a social movement that supports the end of sexism, racism, and other -isms that negatively impact Black women?
What is Black Feminism?
100
She is the most recent winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2014 Golden Globes.
Who is Lupita Nyong'o?
200
She gave the speech: Ain't I a Woman? at an 1851 Women's Rights Convention.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
200
She played a leading role in making sure the Little Rock Nine could integrate white public schools in Arkansas.
Who is Daisy Bates?
200
She was an anthropologist and wrote "Their Eyes Are Watching God" which was turned into a movie starring Halle Berry.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
200
She is a TV host and wrote a book called "Sister Citizen" which is an articulation of Black feminist theory.
Who is Melissa V. Harris-Perry?
200
She was the first Black woman to win an Oscar.
Who is Hattie McDaniel?
300
She wrote a widely read slave narrative that detailed hiding in her grandmother's attic for 7 years. She used the pseudonym Linda Brent.
Who is Harriet Jacobs?
300
President Obama called her "the godmother of the civil rights movement."
Who is Dorothy Height?
300
She is a Nigerian author who wrote "Half of A Yellow Sun" and most recently "Americanah." She was featured on Beyonce's new album in the song "***Flawless."
Who is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?
300
The study of relationships between different disenfranchised groups or groups of minorities; specifically, the study of the interactions of multiple systems of oppression or discrimination.
What is intersectionality?
300
She plays Olivia Pope in the TV Show Scandal.
Who is Kerry Washington?
400
She ran a campaign to end lynching.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
400
She was the first Black person to run for President.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
400
She wrote "The Color Purple" and coined the term "womanism."
Who is Alice Walker?
400
She is a prolific Black feminist theorist who has written books such as "Ain't I a Woman," "We Real Cool," and "Feminist Theory From Margin to Center."
Who is bell hooks?
400
She has been in "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" and "What's Love Got to Do With It" and she played Malcolm X's wife in Spike Lee's Malcolm X.
Who is Angela Bassett?
500
This organization was founded in 1913 by a group of 22 Black women at Howard University and their first public act was participating in a march for women's suffrage.
What is Delta Sigma Theta?
500
She is a well-known activist with ties to the Communist Party USA and has close ties to the Black Panthers. Ronald Reagan wanted to bar her from teaching in California because of her political beliefs.
Who is Angela Davis?
500
She wrote in the early twentieth century. She wrote "Passing" and "Quicksand."
Who is Nella Larsen?
500
This statement was written in 1974 and articulated a definition of Black feminism.
What is the Combahee River Collective Statement?
500
She is the first African-American and first woman of color to win gold in the Individual All-Around at the Olympics for Gymnastics.