Sisterhood/Women's History Month (2024)

Identify all of the African-American women that have received an Oscar for Best Actress.

Select ALL that apply.

• 1. Viola Davis

• 1. Hattie McDaniel

• 1. Angela Bassett

• 1. Halle Berry

• 1. Whoopi Goldberg

Answer explanation

With her performance in "Monster's Ball" (2001), Halle Berry became the first, and so far only, African-American woman to win the Oscar for Best Actress.

​ (a)   is the first HBCU to launch a gymnastics team that would compete at the NCAA level. Their first competition took place in Las Vegas, NV in January of 2023.

• Fisk University (TN)
• Howard University (DC)
• Xavier University (LA)
• Spelman College (GA)
• Hampton University (VA)

Answer explanation

Facing North Carolina, Southern Utah and Washington at the Super 16 event in Las Vegas, the Fisk Bulldogs made their eagerly awaited debut just 14 months after the school initially announced the formation of the team.

An all-Black HBCU swim team made the digital cover of Sports Illustrated for the first time in the publication's history and one of the women swimmers is from Tallahassee, FL. The team rosters approximately ⅓ of black college swimmers in America. Which HBCU holds this recognition?

• Howard University (DC)

• Jackson State University (MS)

• Tennessee State University (TN)

• Cheyney University (PA)

• Florida Memorial University (FL)

Answer explanation

The Howard Bison made waves as the first all-Black collegiate swimming team featured in Sports Illustrated. The Howard University swim and dive team first came under the sports magazine’s spotlight in October 2022, at the beginning of the fall season.

2022-2023 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

https://hubison.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/2022-23

​ (a)   holds the honor of being the first African-American Youth Poet Laureate and has authored a children’s book titled ​ (b)   .

• Amanda Gorman
• Change Sings
• Lupita Nyong'o
• Sulwe
• The Hill We Climb

Answer explanation

Gorman's two books, the lyrical children's picture book "Change Sings: A Children's Anthem" and her debut collection "The Hill We Climb and Other Poems," are already highly anticipated and a special edition of "The Hill We Climb" is set to be released with a foreword from Oprah.

The following Tallahassee Alumnae Chapter sorors are currently running for public office this election season.

Select ALL that apply.

• Dot Inman Johnson

• Carolyn Cummings

• Doris Maloy

• Kelly Bolden Bailey

• Tawana Thompson

Answer explanation

https://www.leonvotes.gov/Portals/Leon/Documents/Candidates/Candidate%20List/ElectionFilers.html

https://www.jeffersonvotes.com/Candidate-Information/Local-Candidates

https://www.taylorelections.com/Candidates/2024-Filed-Taylor-County-Florida-Candidates

https://www.votemadison.com/Candidate-and-Committee-Information/Candidate-Profiles-and-Financial-Reports

https://www.wakullavotes.gov/Candidates-Committees/2024-Filed-Candidates

Which of the following Black women religious leaders are Tallahassee Alumnae Chapter sorors?

Select ALL that apply.

• Annarene Wineglass

• Marcia Owens

• Jaqueline Kennerly

• Judy Mandrell

• Latricia Scriven

Answer explanation

https://ecbpublishing.com/springfield-a-m-e-offers-black-history-program/

https://www.stewardtempleamec.org/

​ (a)   is a local FAMU alumnus that authored several titles, founded the John G. Riley Center & Museum, was appointed to the National Museum and Library Services Board by President Barack Obama, has a portion of Cascades Park bearing her name, and is still advocating for the preservation of Leon County's and Florida's Black history today.

• Althemease Pemberton Barnes
• Anita Favors
• Elmira Mangum
• Maxine Jones
• Valerie Scoon

Answer explanation

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=211326

https://www.sfltimes.com/uncategorized/obama-appoints-famu-alumna-althemese-barnes

https://www.thefamuanonline.com/2022/09/27/city-pays-tribute-to-althemese-barnes/

This soror is currently featured in the all virtual Florida Civil Rights Museum, was a Tallahassee native, an educator, a representative of the Florida House, a senator of the Florida Senate and served in the U. S. House of Representatives.

• Carrie Pittman Meek

• Aquilina Howell

• Anita L. Davis

• Trudie Perkins

• Dorothy Nash Tookes

Answer explanation

https://floridacivilrightsmuseum.org/exhibition/they-made-a-difference-part-1/carrie-pittman-meek/