Madam C.J. Walker became America's first self-made female millionaire. What product did her company sell?

Several months before Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a bus, ________ was the first person arrested for resisting bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, at the age of 15. She also served as one of four plaintiffs in the case of Browder v. Gayle, which ruled that Montgomery's segregated bus system was unconstitutional. She is 84 years old and her name is....

This woman was an outspoken and fearless transgender activist who played a major part in the fight for civil rights for the LGBT community in New York. She also left behind a legacy of positivity by establishing one of the first LGBTQ+ youth shelters.

In 2023, this person became the world-record holder of most GRAMMYs awarded.

This doctor performed the world's first successful heart surgery, in 1893. He also founded the first Black-owned hospital in the United States that welcomed Black and white nurses and doctors.

This doctor invented a technique for the long-term preservation of blood plasma. Before his discovery, blood could only be stored for two days. He also discovered that everyone has the same type of plasma, regardless of blood type, making plasma transfusions universal.

Though Thomas Edison gets much of the credit, ______ is who invented the carbon filament that made lightbulbs last longer and made them commercially viable.

Invented by ______ in 1912, the gas mask saved thousands of soldiers’ lives during World War I, when poisonous gas was first used as a weapon. If that weren’t enough, he also invented the modern traffic signal in 1923.

Computer scientist and engineer___________ is credited with developing several landmark technologies, including the color PC monitor, the Industry Standard Architecture system bus and the first gigahertz chip.

Dr. Patricia Bath invented laserphaco, a new device and technique to remove cataracts. It performed all steps of cataract removal: making the incision, destroying the lens and vacuuming out the fractured pieces. Dr. Bath is recognized as the first Black woman physician to receive a medical patent in ______.

Not only did he invent the first American clock, Benjamin Banneker was also an architect hired by George Washington to design the city of _______.

This gentleman was a scholar whose dedication to celebrating the historic contributions of Black people led to the establishment of Black History Month, marked every February since 1976.

The most famous incorporation of food as social justice might be the Free Breakfast Program in public schools across the United States, created by the ______ in 1969.

In June 1964, he founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity, which identified racism, and not the white race, as the enemy of justice. His words are still famous today, including: “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.”

This famous American writer and civil rights activist wrote essays, novels, plays, and poems. Some of his famous words include: "I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."

This man is hip-hop's first billionaire with a net worth of $2.5 billion.

Prominent Black scholar, author, activist, and philosopher _______ has announced he will be running to become president of the United States as a third-party candidate, running as an independent.

This man is a former Air Force and NASA engineer who invented the #1 top-selling water toy of all time, the Super Soaker.

"If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated." Who said this?