Activism
Who wrote The House on Mango Street?
Sandra Cisneros
What group on the first day of school was greeted by an angry mob and the National Guard?
Little Rock Nine
Who was the founder of the Girl Scouts?
Juliette Gordon Low
World-renowned performer, World War II spy, and activist are few of the titles used to describe her.
Josephine Baker
Who was cast as Anita in the film adaptation of the musical West Side Story?
Rita Moreno
She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for 40 years and a leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
Dorothy Height
She soared across the sky as the first African American and the first Native American woman pilot.
Bessie Coleman
She became the first Hispanic woman to go into space.
Ellen Ochoa
What was it called in 1964, when hundreds of college students flooded Mississippi to register African Americans to vote?
She is the longest-running Latina News Anchor in the U.S.
Maria Elena Salinas
She is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest or social justice.
Joan Baez
Who was known as the First Lady of the Black Press, because of her fearlessness as a journalist and a Civil Rights activist?
Ethel Payne
Who created the United Farm Workers?
Dolores Huerta