Zion on the Frontline
This nickname was given to The AME Zion Church because of its role in the abolitionist movement and its efforts to help the enslaved escape to freedom.
What is The Freedom Church?
In 1968, she was elected as the first Black woman to serve in Congress and later became a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). She is also the first Black woman to run for President.
Who is U.S. Representative Shirley Chisholm?
President Johnson signed this act into law banning literacy tests and expanding the right to vote given through the 15th Amendment.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Although not explicit voting rights organizations, this collection of organizations has a rich history in advocating for the expansion of voting rights for the Black Community as well as promoting education, social justice, and advancing black causes.
Who are the Divine 9?
This U.S. Representative recently called the "Clapback Queen" after going on record saying, "bleach blonde bad built butch body."
Who is U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett?
This church in Montgomery, Alabama was used to kick off Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights career.
What is Mount Zion AME Zion Church?
This suffragist co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) which challenged the local Democratic Party's efforts to block Black participation.
Who is Fannie Lou Hamer?
The event that took place the day before Woodrow Wilson’s Inauguration to advocate for women’s suffrage where 5,000 women gathered.
What is the Women's Suffrage March of 1913?
Ida B. Wells founded the nation's first Black women's club focused specifically on suffrage.
What is the Alpha Suffrage Club of Chicago?
She received the Democratic Presidential Nomination in 2024.
Who is Vice President Kamala Harris?
This group has been charged with getting souls registered to vote since 2020. It is designed to address disparities in healthcare, quality education, affordable housing, and voting disparities.
What is Project 100?
This suffragist is one of the founding members of the NAACP, in 1896, she became the first president of NACW, National Association of Colored Women.
Who is Mary Church Terrell?
The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted the right to vote primarily to Black men that was ratified in 1870.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This is a leading national, nonpartisan initiative on a mission to change the culture around voting and to increase participation in each and every election by helping to close the race and age gap. It was founded by Michelle Obama.
What is When We All Vote?
What is October 29, 2024?
This female Zionite became one of the founding members of the Boston-based Black women's club, the Woman's Era Club. She also advocated for the equality for women in religious institutions and brought this injustice to the 1884 AME Zion General Conference.
Who is Eliza Ann Gardner?
In addition to this women’s work in the suffrage movement, she also received national recognition as a leader of the anti-lynching crusade.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
The amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted women the right to vote which was ratified in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
A collective of women who support Black female political candidates on various levels of government. They caught the media’s after hosting a Zoom call with thousands of Black women to support the candidacy of Vice President Kamala Harris.
What is Win with Black Women?
This is a conservative transition plan that threatens civil rights and liberties.
What is Project 2025?
This Zionite was one of the first African American women to become an ordained minister. She preached against racial and gender discrimination. This Zionite is also known as the founder of the Bureau of Supply for the WH&OM Society.
Who is Florence Spearing Randolph?
This orator spoke out against injustice and human inequality. Her famous speech in 1851 “Ain’t I Woman is considered one of the greatest speeches on behalf of women's rights.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
The years of 1992 and 2018 were considered the major moments for women in the political sphere as record numbers of women were elected to the U.S. Congress
What is the Year of the Women?
Formed by the suffragists of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, this organization began as a "mighty political experiment" designed to help 20 million women carry out their new responsibilities as voters.
What is the League of Women Voters?
What is Election Day?