BLACK GIRL MAGIC
She was the first Black woman to win a Grammy—and didn’t even know she was being nominated.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This hairstyle became a political statement during the 1960s and 70s.
What is the Afro?
This role often made Black women the backbone of church life.
What is church mothers
This Black woman helped develop hair-care products before modern beauty brands existed.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
Juneteenth celebrates this moment.
What is the end of slavery in Texas?
This Black woman refused to give up her seat nine months before Rosa Parks.
Who is Claudette Colvin?
This phrase means code-switching between cultural spaces.
What is “code-switching”?
These songs blended faith, struggle, and hope.
What are spirituals or gospel songs?
These women mathematicians worked at NASA and were hidden from history for decades.
Who are the “Hidden Figures”?
This amendment ended slavery nationwide.
What is the 13th Amendment?
She was the first Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson?
This dance-and-music movement originated in the Bronx in the 1970s.
What is hip-hop?
Black churches doubled as safe spaces for meetings during this movement.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This Black woman helped found the NAACP.
Who is Mary Church Terrell?
This law protected Black voting rights in 1965.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
This journalist exposed lynching in America and was one of the most fearless women of her time.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This Black-owned fashion brand was founded by Daymond John.
What is FUBU?
This famous Baptist church was bombed in 1963.
What is the 16th Street Baptist Church?
This invention by a Black woman improved modern home security.
What is the home security system (Marie Van Brittan Brown)?
This term means discrimination built into systems, not just individuals.
What is systemic racism?
She became the first Black woman billionaire through self-made beauty entrepreneurship.
Who is Madam C.J. Walker?
This term describes pride in Black identity and self-determination.
What is Black Power?
This concept teaches that faith should inspire justice and action.
What is liberation theology?
She was the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This scholar coined the term “intersectionality.”
Who is Kimberlé Crenshaw?