Black History Month

This woman became the first Black congresswoman in 1968. She continued on her political track when she ran for president four years later, making her the first major-party Black candidate to run.

• Shirley Chisholm

• Vel R. Phillips

• Vikki Buckley

• Karen Bass

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

• cosmetics and hair care products

• fabric and clothing

• furniture and woodwork

• poetry and novels

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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....

• Claudette Colvin

• Fannie Lou Hamer

• Angela Davis

• Maya Angelou

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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.

• Sylvia Rivera

• Marsha P. Johnson

• Barbara Gittings

• Audre Lorde

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

• Beyoncé

• Lauryn Hill

• Stevie Wonder

• Aretha Franklin

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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.

• Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

• Dr. James McCune Smith

• Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller

• Dr. Charles Drew

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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.

• Dr. Charles Drew

• Dr. Solomon Carter Fuller

• Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

• Dr. James McCune Smith

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

• Garrett Morgan

• Lonnie G. Johnson

• Lewis Latimer

• Granville T. Woods

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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.

• Garrett Morgan

• Granville T. Woods

• Frederick McKinley Jones

• Alexander Miles

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.

• Mark Dean

• Howard P. Grant

• George Biddle Kelley

• Elijah McCoy

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