Black and Women's History Trivia

What year did the first black students, JoAnne Smart and Bettye Ann Davis Tillman attend Women's College

What woman refused to give up her seat on the bus, which led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott? 

What formally enslaved woman became an advocate for women's rights and abolition, and meet Abraham Lincoln in 1864?

Which activist co-founded and presided over the National Woman Suffrage Association?

What primarily black WWII air group was awarded three Distinguished Unit Citations?

What A&T grad and protege of MLK Jr. was traveling with King when he was assassinated in 1968?

In 1992, who became the first black woman to travel to space?

What holiday celebrates Union troops arriving in Galveston, Texas?

The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in America.

What 1969 "riot" is seen as a landmark moment for gay, lesbian and trans rights?

What group, founded in Oakland, California in 1966, used open carry patrols to protect local citizens from police.

What year did Bennett College open?

The Woolworth lunch counter sit-in began on what day in 1960.

What baseball player became the first African American to play in MLB in the modern era?

What aviation pioneer was the first woman to fly non-stop solo over the Atlantic ocean?

 Bill Russell holds the record for the most NBA tiles won with _______ titles.

In 2022, this individual made history as the first black woman appointed to the Supreme Court.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, was the next-door neighbor of what famous author?

Malala Yousafzai is the world’s youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate for her work in which cause?

Which singer won the Grammy Award for Album Of The Year most often (3 times)?

What French scientist was a pioneer in the field of radioactivity and had to be buried in a lead-lined coffin?