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A woman with this married surname created a penny savings bank in Richmond to aid entrepreneurs as part of the Order of Saint Luke. A socialite with this surname convened Harlem Renaissance notables at the Villa Lewaro and Dark (10[1])Tower. In 1829, a Boston-based freedman of this surname called for the immediate abolition of slavery, by violence if needed, in his namesake Appeal. A socialite named A’Lelia (-5[1])was the daughter of an entrepreneur with this surname whose company employed thousands (10[1])of agents to sell “fifty-cent boxes” of combs, pomades, and a “wonderful hair grower”; that entrepreneur was a former laundress born (10[1])with the name Sarah Breedlove. For 10 points, give this married surname of the US’s first self-made Black woman millionaire, (10[1])known as “Madame C. J.” ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Walker [accept Maggie Lena Walker or A’Lelia Walker or David Walker or Madame C. J. Walker] (Maggie Walker is the namesake of the notable Virginia high school.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Cooper Roh (DII)Columbia AJohn Jay3810
Andrew HannaPennVassar66-5
Sinecio Morales (DII)Johns HopkinsHaverford7910
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BNYU A10010
Shea Rathburn (DII)Columbia CNYU B12010
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarPenn1260