black history month Crossword Puzzles

Black History Month 2023-02-14

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. with Loony Tunes.
  2. hit came out in 1995.
  3. female African-American self-made millionaire.
  4. as “Queen Bey”.
  5. a voice actor for a cartoon.
  6. an advocate for body positivity.
  7. nickname was “Bacardi.” t song was about cows.
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  1. Disney Channel star.
  2. actor in Glee.
  3. break was in 2003.
  4. a member of Destiny’s Child.
  5. from NBC.
  6. “The Voice”.
  7. by Michael Jackson.
  8. 11 children.

15 Clues: from NBC. • “The Voice”. • 11 children. • actor in Glee. • as “Queen Bey”. • with Loony Tunes. • break was in 2003. • by Michael Jackson. • Disney Channel star. • hit came out in 1995. • a member of Destiny’s Child. • a voice actor for a cartoon. • an advocate for body positivity. • female African-American self-made millionaire. • nickname was “Bacardi.” t song was about cows.

Black History Month 2023-02-14

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. with Loony Tunes.
  2. hit came out in 1995.
  3. female African-American self-made millionaire.
  4. as “Queen Bey”.
  5. a voice actor for a cartoon.
  6. an advocate for body positivity.
  7. nickname was “Bacardi.” t song was about cows.
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  1. Disney Channel star.
  2. actor in Glee.
  3. break was in 2003.
  4. a member of Destiny’s Child.
  5. from NBC.
  6. “The Voice”.
  7. by Michael Jackson.
  8. 11 children.

15 Clues: from NBC. • “The Voice”. • 11 children. • actor in Glee. • as “Queen Bey”. • with Loony Tunes. • break was in 2003. • by Michael Jackson. • Disney Channel star. • hit came out in 1995. • a member of Destiny’s Child. • a voice actor for a cartoon. • an advocate for body positivity. • female African-American self-made millionaire. • nickname was “Bacardi.” t song was about cows.

Black History Month 2025-02-07

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Was Rookie of the Year and Five-time NBA MVP
  2. Conducted upward of 300 enslaved people along the Underground Railroad
  3. Had a speech and said "I had a dream"
  4. Winner of three Grammy Awards, two Billboard Music Awards, six BET Awards, five BET Hip Hop Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards.
  5. Was in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice and won 13 Grammys.
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  1. Released sixteen studio albums and seventy-one mixtapes
  2. Won 32 GRAMMY wins and 99 nominations
  3. One of the most prominent black scientists
  4. American actor, producer, and narrator and has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award
  5. African-American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems.
  6. Billboard declared her as "one of the biggest breakout artists of summer 2023"
  7. 44th president
  8. One of the world's best-selling music artists, and the best-selling female rapper, with over 100 million records sold
  9. Billboard Artist Achievement Award, a joint-record three Brit Awards for Best International Male Solo Artist

14 Clues: 44th president • Won 32 GRAMMY wins and 99 nominations • Had a speech and said "I had a dream" • One of the most prominent black scientists • Was Rookie of the Year and Five-time NBA MVP • Released sixteen studio albums and seventy-one mixtapes • Was in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice and won 13 Grammys. • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-07

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. was the first licensed black pilot.
  2. famous for his speech "I Have a Dream"
  3. she was the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize.
  4. She was the first black female judge in the US.
  5. she was nominated for an Emmy in 1962, and she was the first African American to star in her own TV show.
  6. she was a leader for YWCA and a president for NCNW.
  7. she was the first African American woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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  1. a Black trans woman and activist, was at the forefront of fighting for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and 70s
  2. She was just 6 years old when she became the first African American student to attend William Frantz Elementary
  3. He was the first Black writer and director of a studio film, Shaft.
  4. founded the Chicago Defender weekly newspaper.
  5. in 1955, became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. Also considered one of the greatest contralto singers in the world.
  6. was the first black woman to be elected to Congress.
  7. was a Track athlete who set a world record in the 1936 Olympic Games.

14 Clues: was the first licensed black pilot. • famous for his speech "I Have a Dream" • founded the Chicago Defender weekly newspaper. • She was the first black female judge in the US. • she was a leader for YWCA and a president for NCNW. • was the first black woman to be elected to Congress. • she was the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize. • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-07

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. was a Powerful speaker for black rights (¨I had a dream¨)
  2. a Famous television producer and author
  3. 44th President of the United States
  4. a famous female basketball player
  5. 5th represenator of Georgiaś congressional district
  6. The first African-American on the Supreme Court
  7. is Known for being built yet funny (famous comedian)
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  1. Formed his own music company
  2. the youngest poet to read at a presidential inauguration
  3. The first African American to get a medical degree
  4. The most important leader in the movement for African American civil rights
  5. refused to move to the back of the bus to prove she deserved equal rights.
  6. World War II veteran and Civil Rights leader
  7. Famocomedianden often known for acting with The Rock

14 Clues: Formed his own music company • a famous female basketball player • 44th President of the United States • a Famous television producer and author • World War II veteran and Civil Rights leader • The first African-American on the Supreme Court • The first African American to get a medical degree • 5th represenator of Georgiaś congressional district • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-07

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Was one of the most popular rappers and was known for smoking grass.
  2. A Symbol for equality due to being the first black baseball player.
  3. A popular, short comedian
  4. Won 32 Grammy's and was awarded Best Album in the 2025 Grammy's.
  5. Is the most handsome and debately the best basketball player and was on the Los Angeles Lakers.
  6. Was known as Moses and was one of the best underground railroad workers.
  7. Was the king of pop and was one of the most influential musicians
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  1. Worked hard and fought in the civil rights movement and the Women's Suffrage movement.
  2. has 24 Grammys and made one of the highest-rated albums, Graduation.
  3. The first Black women to fly a plane.
  4. Got arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus and became a symbol of racial equality.
  5. Made a famous speech and was one of the most influential people fighting for equality.
  6. Was influential and convinced many people to embrace their African heritage.
  7. The first African American Woman to run for president.

14 Clues: A popular, short comedian • The first Black women to fly a plane. • The first African American Woman to run for president. • Won 32 Grammy's and was awarded Best Album in the 2025 Grammy's. • Was the king of pop and was one of the most influential musicians • A Symbol for equality due to being the first black baseball player. • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-07

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. was a leader of the Underground Railroad
  2. Because he brought dance and the beauty of black bodies to fight for justice
  3. is the first African American women to have her very own TV program
  4. provided an inspirational soundtrack for the 1960s Civil Rights
  5. embraced the responsibly to be a voice of his nation
  6. was the U.S.A first African American president
  7. Overcame many of the regulations that blocked him from getting education
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  1. was the most important leader for African American civil rights
  2. was a world war two and civil rights leader
  3. had a dream and gave a speach
  4. was the first black women in Congress
  5. refused to sit in the back of the bus
  6. Didn't let her gender from defending her race
  7. was the first African American general for the U.S Army

14 Clues: had a dream and gave a speach • was the first black women in Congress • refused to sit in the back of the bus • was a leader of the Underground Railroad • was a world war two and civil rights leader • Didn't let her gender from defending her race • was the U.S.A first African American president • embraced the responsibly to be a voice of his nation • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-09

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. was shot nine times and lived
  2. made the song "Georgia On My Mind"
  3. made the song "Meet the Grahams" and many other Drake diss's
  4. was the first Black woman elected to Congress
  5. mentored Eminem
  6. the first Black mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma
  7. founded the record label called "Ruthless Records"
  8. helped discover the North Pole and planted the American flag
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  1. was assassinated in 1996 and was regarded as one of the most influential rappers of all time
  2. the leader of the rapper group Wu-Tang Clan
  3. was the first female African-American physician
  4. the first African American federal and appellate judge
  5. was a botanist and inventor
  6. one of the most influential artists in jazz history

14 Clues: mentored Eminem • was a botanist and inventor • was shot nine times and lived • made the song "Georgia On My Mind" • the first Black mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma • the leader of the rapper group Wu-Tang Clan • was the first Black woman elected to Congress • was the first female African-American physician • founded the record label called "Ruthless Records" • ...

Black History Month 2024-04-18

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Had a dream.
  2. Educator that improved the lives of many African Americans.
  3. A pilot that inspired many people.
  4. First black supreme court justice that changed the lives of many children.
  5. Underground Railroads.
  6. Former slave that spoke out about injustice.
  7. Former slave that encouraged other slaves to fight for freedom.
  8. African American pilot that flew the United states to victory.
  9. Refused to give up her seat on a bus.
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  1. A scientist that nurtured the land, as well as peoples minds.
  2. A journalist that often risked her life to get the truth.
  3. Used "good trouble" to fight for civil rights.
  4. A math genius that helped explorers reach new worlds.
  5. First black women in congress.

14 Clues: Had a dream. • Underground Railroads. • First black women in congress. • A pilot that inspired many people. • Refused to give up her seat on a bus. • Former slave that spoke out about injustice. • Used "good trouble" to fight for civil rights. • A math genius that helped explorers reach new worlds. • A journalist that often risked her life to get the truth. • ...

Black History Month 2022-01-30

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Both Chadwick Boseman and Kamala Harris received a degree form this HBCU
  2. A black renaissance was centered in this part of NYC
  3. A civil rights organization formed in 1909
  4. this civil war battle remains the bloodiest single day in American history.
  5. Aretha Franklin is known as the Queen of what?
  6. Jackie Robinson's professional team
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  1. America had this type of slavery
  2. led a 4-day slave rebellion in 1831
  3. Frederick
  4. This group sings the song "My Girl"
  5. C.J. Walker
  6. This present day country received the most slaves from the trans-Atlantic slave trade
  7. Jamaican spice mix created by runaway slaves
  8. Usain

14 Clues: Usain • Frederick • C.J. Walker • America had this type of slavery • led a 4-day slave rebellion in 1831 • This group sings the song "My Girl" • Jackie Robinson's professional team • A civil rights organization formed in 1909 • Jamaican spice mix created by runaway slaves • Aretha Franklin is known as the Queen of what? • A black renaissance was centered in this part of NYC • ...

Black History Month 2022-02-15

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. an African American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America
  2. was a criminal case in the United States over the aggravated assault and rape of a woman in Manhattan's Central Park
  3. an African American evangelist, abolitionist, women's rights activist and author who was born into slavery before escaping to freedom in 1826.
  4. an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  5. an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement
  6. four college freshmen stage a sit-in at a North Carolina Woolworth's to protest segregation
  7. an African-American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a three-position traffic signal
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  1. is an American attorney and author who served as the first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017
  2. an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. Best known for her unique writing style.
  3. an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.
  4. is an American actress and singer.
  5. was an American professional basketball player.
  6. an escaped enslaved woman who became a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.
  7. was an educator and reformer, the first president and principal developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute

14 Clues: is an American actress and singer. • was an American professional basketball player. • an escaped enslaved woman who became a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. • four college freshmen stage a sit-in at a North Carolina Woolworth's to protest segregation • an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. Best known for her unique writing style. • ...

Black History Month 2023-01-24

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as the first African American to be nominated for producing, writing and directing in the same year for his movie 'Get Out'
  2. denounced his birthname "Cassius Clay Jr." as a slave name when he converted to Islam in 1964. "The Greatest" boxer
  3. "The Baddest Man on the Planet"; considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time
  4. holds the Guinness World Record as the most awarded female artist of all time
  5. A former slave, engineer, author, and American soldier; in 1877, became the first African-American to graduate from West Point
  6. modern female bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer who has won 5 Grammy's
  7. first African American to enter the EGOT ranks
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  1. She escaped slavery and successfully completed 13 missions leading 70+ slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad
  2. first African American woman to win 3 Gold Medals in Track&Field in a single Olympics
  3. refused to give up her seat to a white woman and was arrested for violating segregation laws. Did this BEFORE Rosa Parks
  4. an American pianist who is considered one of the most important jazz composers; known for his song "Round Midnight"
  5. all Black pilot group whose successes overseas during World War II led to Executive Order 9981
  6. American pop culture group that was popular in the 1930s-40s; Sung "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" which was featured in the Fallout Game franchise
  7. Escaped slavery in Maryland and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York; famous for his antislavery writings and speeches

14 Clues: first African American to enter the EGOT ranks • holds the Guinness World Record as the most awarded female artist of all time • modern female bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer who has won 5 Grammy's • first African American woman to win 3 Gold Medals in Track&Field in a single Olympics • ...

Black History Month 2022-02-09

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  2. American politician, educator, and author.
  3. American physician, nurse and author.
  4. the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in economics in the United States.
  5. an American abolitionist and women's rights activist.
  6. civil rights and human rights activist.
  7. American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide.
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  1. American author who was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry.
  2. an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist.
  3. an African-American abolitionist and wealthy businessman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  4. the first African-American woman to graduate from Yale Law School, earning her J.D. in 1931.
  5. American professional cyclist.
  6. one of the foremost Black intellectuals of his era.
  7. African American civil rights and women's rights activist, and book writer.

14 Clues: American professional cyclist. • American physician, nurse and author. • civil rights and human rights activist. • American politician, educator, and author. • one of the foremost Black intellectuals of his era. • an American abolitionist and women's rights activist. • African American civil rights and women's rights activist, and book writer. • ...

Black History Month 2024-01-14

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. The traditions and history passed down through generations.
  2. Unfair judgments or opinions formed without knowing all the facts.
  3. Treating people unfairly based on their race.
  4. Treating all people the same, regardless of race.
  5. Facing challenges and difficulties in pursuit of a goal.
  6. Giving people the confidence and authority to take control of their lives.
  7. The act of setting someone free from slavery.
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  1. Laws that separated people based on race.
  2. A public demonstration expressing disapproval or objection.
  3. Taking action to bring about social or political change.
  4. The impact and contributions left behind by past generations.
  5. Having a variety of different cultures and backgrounds.
  6. The impact and contributions left behind by past generations.
  7. Bringing different groups of people together.
  8. The state of being free, without restrictions.

15 Clues: Laws that separated people based on race. • Treating people unfairly based on their race. • Bringing different groups of people together. • The act of setting someone free from slavery. • The state of being free, without restrictions. • Treating all people the same, regardless of race. • Having a variety of different cultures and backgrounds. • ...

Black History Month 2024-02-14

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. System of laws that segregate a society by race.
  2. The separation of different racial groups.
  3. Second month of the year and Black History Month.
  4. The refusal to comply with certain laws as a form of peaceful protest.
  5. The process of sending slavery.
  6. Holiday in June that commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans.
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  1. Holiday in late December that celebrates African-American culture.
  2. Nine students who were among the first African-Americans enrolled in Little Rock Central High school.
  3. The process of ending racial segregation.
  4. The right to vote.
  5. The refusal to spend money at a certain place as a form of protest.
  6. The system of owning other people as if they are property.
  7. _____ vs. Board of Education is the Supreme Court case that ended segregation in public school.
  8. The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

14 Clues: The right to vote. • The process of sending slavery. • The process of ending racial segregation. • The separation of different racial groups. • System of laws that segregate a society by race. • Second month of the year and Black History Month. • The system of owning other people as if they are property. • ...

Black History Month 2024-03-01

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. He was the first African American broadcast network news anchor.
  2. This person who was orphaned at a young age invented a way to keep perishable food and fresh and safe consumption. This invention led to our ability to transport medications safely.
  3. This R&B artist is the first black female artist to launch a Fender Signature Guitar.
  4. This is the word used to describe the unique style of African American cuisine.
  5. He performed one of the first open heart surgeries and founded the first Black-owned hospitals.
  6. _____ peas, or cowpeas, are considered a symbol of good luck and prosperity in African American culinary traditions.
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  1. This singer was dubbed the “Queen of Soul,” ranked number 1 in Rolling Stone’s “200 Greatest Singers of All Time,” and was the very first female artist to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.
  2. Who said ““The soul that is within me no man can degrade”?
  3. He was the first African American to coach in pro sports.
  4. He was the first Black man to direct a major Hollywood movie.
  5. This person, who was born to immigrant parents, was the second African American in the New York State Legislature, and was nicknamed "Fighting Shirley."
  6. Who said “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world”?
  7. The first black woman in space was?
  8. This person helped to organize the Freedom Rides in 1961 and has a center for Human Rights that bears her name to this day.

14 Clues: The first black woman in space was? • He was the first African American to coach in pro sports. • Who said ““The soul that is within me no man can degrade”? • He was the first Black man to direct a major Hollywood movie. • He was the first African American broadcast network news anchor. • ...

Black History Month 2024-02-22

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. one of the greatest professional boxers of all time
  2. was a black nationalist and the first black president of South Africa
  3. the first African American woman to have her very own television production company
  4. taught himself to read and write at a young age
  5. she set a new American record for most gold medals in gymnastics at a single Olympics Games
  6. known most for escaping from slavery and she spent 11 years guiding other enslaved people to freedom through the Underground Railroad as a “conductor”
  7. Journalist, civil rights activist, mentor to the Little Rock Nine, and speaker at the March on Washington
  8. a Baptist minister and activist who fought against racial inequality
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  1. has won three National Basketball Association (NBA) championships and four NBA MVP awards
  2. known most for her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama
  3. was an American poet, singer, and civil rights activist with a colorful and troubling past highlighted in her most famous autobiography
  4. the first black woman to compete on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam in 1956
  5. was the first African American professional baseball player in U.S. Major League Baseball
  6. the 44th president of the United States and the very first African American president

14 Clues: taught himself to read and write at a young age • one of the greatest professional boxers of all time • a Baptist minister and activist who fought against racial inequality • was a black nationalist and the first black president of South Africa • the first African American woman to have her very own television production company • ...

Black History Month 2024-02-26

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Who was the first African American general in the US Army?
  2. Who was the first African American individual to win an Olympic Gold medal?
  3. Who is the first Black female transplant surgeon?
  4. Who is the first licensed African American Nurse in the US?
  5. Who was the first licensed African American pilot?
  6. Who was the first African American man in space?
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  1. Who was the first African American woman to win an Oscar?
  2. Who is the first African American to receive a medical degree?
  3. What month do we celebrate Black History?
  4. Who planned the first celebration of African American accomplishments?
  5. Who is the first African American President of the US?
  6. Who was the first African American to win a Grammy?
  7. Which US president extended this celebration through the entire month?
  8. Who was the first African American female in Congress?

14 Clues: What month do we celebrate Black History? • Who was the first African American man in space? • Who is the first Black female transplant surgeon? • Who was the first licensed African American pilot? • Who was the first African American to win a Grammy? • Who is the first African American President of the US? • Who was the first African American female in Congress? • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-11

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. The first African American child to attend an all-white school in Louisiana
  2. Key organizer of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
  3. Prominent black nationalist leader, he was also the spokesman for the Nation of Islam
  4. Founded the black panther party
  5. Most famous for his well-known "I Have a Dream" speech
  6. Leader of the Nation of Islam, expanded the organization by teaching against white supremacy
  7. Most famous for sparking the Montgomery bus boycott
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  1. Leader of the abolishment movement in Manhattan and New York; publisher of the North Star
  2. Inventor of the three-position traffic signal
  3. Leader of the 1995 million-man march in Washington DC
  4. The first African American woman to gain an official pilot license
  5. The first to refuse to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus
  6. Freed over 70 enslaved African Americans and helped free many more
  7. Known as the "peanut man" for his research of peanuts and finding over 300 uses for the peanut

14 Clues: Founded the black panther party • Inventor of the three-position traffic signal • Most famous for sparking the Montgomery bus boycott • Leader of the 1995 million-man march in Washington DC • Most famous for his well-known "I Have a Dream" speech • The first African American woman to gain an official pilot license • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-07

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. First Black to play in the Premier League
  2. Had a famous speech about having a dream
  3. First black MLB player
  4. 4 time NBA finals winner
  5. Known as Mosses and one of the leaders of the Underground railroad
  6. First Black to play in the NFL
  7. Has the highest free throw percent in NBA history
  8. First Black Full Times Referee in the NBA
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  1. First Black Billionaire
  2. First Black President
  3. First Black astronaut
  4. Score 100 points in a NBA game
  5. First Black to play in the NBA
  6. Didn't want to give up her spot on the bus

14 Clues: First Black President • First Black astronaut • First black MLB player • First Black Billionaire • 4 time NBA finals winner • Score 100 points in a NBA game • First Black to play in the NBA • First Black to play in the NFL • Had a famous speech about having a dream • First Black to play in the Premier League • First Black Full Times Referee in the NBA • ...

Black History Month in Canada 2022-02-14

Black History Month in Canada crossword puzzle
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  1. Black History Month first became popularized in this country in 1926.
  2. These were the people who fought on the side of the British during the American Revolution.
  3. This level of government approved the motion to recognize Black History Month across the country in 1996.
  4. Some people fled to the northern states because it seemed ______ than Canada.
  5. This was used to help over 100,000 slaves escape to Canada to be free. (2 words, no space between)
  6. These people were hired to bring back slaves that had escaped to Canada for freedom. Sometimes they took people who were born free in their place. (2 words, no space)
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  1. About 1200 Black Loyalists left Nova Scotia in 1792 because of a lack of food, clothing, and __________ opportunities.
  2. This was where Black Loyalists settled after the war.
  3. Black History Month is a time to _____ and remember the ways that Black Canadians have contributed to Canada as a country and a culture.
  4. Black people experienced this from white people who were living in the area.
  5. Black _____ employees are credited for bringing the celebration to Canada.
  6. This was the first city in Canada to designate February as Black History Month.
  7. This month was chosen because Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln were both born in this month.
  8. Loyalists were promised this, but the Black Loyalists didn't receive theirs for a long time, and when they did, it was much smaller than what was promised.

14 Clues: This was where Black Loyalists settled after the war. • Black History Month first became popularized in this country in 1926. • Black _____ employees are credited for bringing the celebration to Canada. • Black people experienced this from white people who were living in the area. • Some people fled to the northern states because it seemed ______ than Canada. • ...

Black History Month Trivia 2023-02-21

Black History Month Trivia crossword puzzle
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  1. Who was the first African American to earn a college degree?
  2. What historically Black Greek Letter Organization is Vice President Kamala Harris apart of?
  3. Who was the first black artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year
  4. This Black gymnast was the first to win the Individual All Around in the 2012 London Olympics?
  5. Who was the first African American to star in her own television program?
  6. Who has the most Grammy Award wins ever
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  1. What is the nation's first & oldest Historically Black College and University?
  2. First Black woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company? (List Name and Company)
  3. Who was the first African American to go to an integrated school?
  4. Who was the first black woman to become First Lady in America?
  5. Reading Rainbow, a public children’s TV program, theme song was sung by this black artist?
  6. When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?
  7. Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
  8. First African-American solo singer to have a #1 hit on the Billboard charts
  9. While Black History Month originated in the U.S., what three other countries recognize Black History Month (Abbreviations Only)
  10. Who was the first black educator?
  11. First African-American woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress

17 Clues: Who was the first black educator? • Who has the most Grammy Award wins ever • When did the celebration of Black History Month begin? • Who was the first African American to earn a college degree? • Who was the first black woman to become First Lady in America? • Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player? • ...

Black History Month Project 2021-02-24

Black History Month Project crossword puzzle
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  1. This person started the Montgomery bus boycott
  2. This civil rights event took place in Washington, D.C. and over 250,000 people attended it
  3. Abbreviation for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
  4. This person was a civil rights leader that emerged from the labor movement. He consistently kept the interests of black workers at the forefront of the racial agenda.
  5. This person created the Underground Railroad
  6. A form of non-violent protest where a number of people occupy an area and refuse to move
  7. This person gave the "I Have A Dream" speech
  8. This person was the leading figure in Harlem Renaissance in the 1920's
  9. Abbreviation for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  10. This person signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
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  1. This person was an NAACP field secretary who was shot in the back in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi
  2. This person was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.
  3. This act protects people from discrimination when they are renting or buying a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing assistance, etc.
  4. revolutionary party founded to combat racism and empower Black people in the United States. Influenced by the likes of Malcolm X
  5. This person founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
  6. organized effort by Black Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights under the law
  7. the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
  8. This person wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"
  9. Abbrivation for The Association for the Study of African American Life and History
  10. This person was an American abolitionist and political activist who was born into slavery, this person eventually escaped and went on about 13 missions to rescue 70 enslaved people

20 Clues: This person wrote "The Souls of Black Folk" • This person created the Underground Railroad • This person gave the "I Have A Dream" speech • This person started the Montgomery bus boycott • This person signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 • Abbreviation for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee • ...

2024 Black History Month 2024-02-17

2024 Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Joshua _____, portrait painter in 19th-centure Baltimore with over 100 portraits and distinctive style
  2. ____ Soaker, invented by Lonnie Johnson while working for the U.S. Air Force
  3. 118th president of the ASA, ASA Fellow. FDA Office of Biostatistics, division director (F&L)
  4. ______ Riperton, singer with a 5-octave vocal range; also mother of Maya Rudolph
  5. First African-American woman to fly in space (F&L)
  6. State where the first African-American women was elected to the state legislature, Crystal Bird Fauset
  7. The Kansas City _______, the longest running Negro League baseball franchise. First team to use portable lighting for night games
  8. Style associated with sculptor Edmonia Lewis. President Grant commissioned a portrait bust from her
  9. Actress _____ McDaniel was the first African-American performer to win an Academy Award for her role in “Gone With the Wind”
  10. Rhiannon ______, NC-born musician and founding member of Carolina Chocolate Drops
  11. ______ Renaissance, a groundbreaking arts movement in NYC
  12. Astronaut Victor Glover will fly on the SpaceX _______
  13. First person to win both an Olympic medal and an Academy Award (F&L)
  14. Genre of writer George Moses Horton. First published African-American author, lived in Chatham County, NC.
  15. African-American historian who created “Negro History Week” in 1926, which became Black History Month in 1976
  16. 1st woman appoints to chair the US. Equal Opportunity Employment commission. Advocates for DC statehood. Congressional delegate.
  17. First African-American astronaut (F&L)
  18. World Wide _________; business of David L. Steward, one of the largest African-American businesses in the U.S.
  19. Scientist who improved sunspot cycle predictions (F&L)
  20. First African American nominated & won for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) for a debut film
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  1. First African-American male to graduate from NCSU with a degree in mathematics (F&L)
  2. Gil Scott-Heron, spoken word performer who laid the groundwork for rap music. “The _____ will not be televised”
  3. The NAACP was founded in ______ 1909 as a permanent civil rights organization
  4. Acclaimed dancer and choreographer with immense impact on modern dance (F&L)
  5. Civil rights activist, advocate, and Episcopal priest; raised in Durham NC
  6. ASA Fellow, research on human circadian system, Harvard graduate, neuroscience and anesthesiologist (F&L)
  7. Gordon Parks was the first Black writer and director of a studio film, and his second movie was ____
  8. Theme of 2024 Black History Month: African Americans and the ____
  9. RomareBeardon – Charlotte, NC-born, nation’s foremost collagist, co-wrote jazz hit “Seabreeze” (F&L)
  10. Ann Lowe, one of America’s most influential clothing ______
  11. This medal is awarded annually by the NAACP for outstanding achievement by an African American. 2022 winner, Jim Clyburn.
  12. Marian ______, opera singer and first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. Awarded Presidential Metal of Freedom
  13. Mary Church _____, advocate for women’s equality and suffrage. Oberlin College graduate.
  14. Lynn ____, playwright and winner of two Pulitzer prizes.
  15. Ballet Co. where Misty Copeland is a principal dancer
  16. Nettie Craig-Asberry was the first African-American women to earn a PhD (1883). Her field was _____
  17. The Duke ______, designed by architect Julian Abele and built in the 1930s

37 Clues: First African-American astronaut (F&L) • First African-American woman to fly in space (F&L) • Ballet Co. where Misty Copeland is a principal dancer • Astronaut Victor Glover will fly on the SpaceX _______ • Scientist who improved sunspot cycle predictions (F&L) • Lynn ____, playwright and winner of two Pulitzer prizes. • ...

Black History Month Facts 2024-02-27

Black History Month Facts crossword puzzle
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  1. who was an American professional boxer and activist.
  2. who was responsible for the development of Tuskegee University in
  3. who became the first African-American woman to travel into space
  4. who used the network of the Underground Railroad.
  5. who was an American surgeon and medical researcher
  6. who was best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  7. who was an investigative journalist, and early leader in the civil rights movement
  8. who was the winner of the National Medal of Technology
  9. whose mathematician calculations were critical to the success of the subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
  10. who made different uses for peanuts
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  1. who was an American bass-baritone concert artist
  2. who was the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
  3. who was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist
  4. who was an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement
  5. who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S
  6. who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement
  7. who published his first book in 1845.
  8. who served in the United States House of Representatives
  9. who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism
  10. who was an American singer and actress

20 Clues: who made different uses for peanuts • who published his first book in 1845. • who was an American singer and actress • who was an American bass-baritone concert artist • who used the network of the Underground Railroad. • who was an American surgeon and medical researcher • who was an American professional boxer and activist. • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2019-01-28

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Mary J Van Brittan Brown created the first________(Abbreviated)
  2. Eva Black was West Palm Beach's first black _______
  3. 7 day celebration in the U.S. that recognizes African heritage
  4. Madam CJ Walker released her line of hair products called Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair ______
  5. Harriet______ was an escaped slave who made around thirteen trips to rescue over sixty slaves
  6. Coretta Scott______ was an activist who helped found many organizations, such as the Black Leadership Forum, the National Black Coalition for Voter Participation, and the Black Leadership Roundtable
  7. _______ High School was the first black high school in Palm Beach County
  8. Bessie Blount Griffin created an apparatus that let ________ feed themselves after working with soldiers during WWII
  9. Located near Lake Osborne, the _______ School was the first black school in Lake Worth
  10. Mary Mcleod Bethune established a college in
  11. Frederick Douglas published an abolitionist newsletter, The ______ Star
  12. Louis Armstrong was an influential player from New Orleans
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  1. Solomon David Spady was Delray's _________ principal
  2. First black owned hotel in Delray was the La ________ Hotel
  3. First all-black city incorporated in FL
  4. Rosa Parks is known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus _________
  5. Alice Coachman became the first black woman to win an Olympic ______ Medal
  6. Dr. Alice Frederick _________ owned a home that was open to the youth seeking guidance, intellectuals and black individuals. The home is known as the oldest continuously black owned home in West Palm Beach
  7. comic book company created by black artists and writers in 1993
  8. Zora Neale Hurston established a school of ________ arts at Bethune-Cookman
  9. Osbourne _____ Addition was a neighborhood south of Lake Worth legally designated as "colored" in Palm Beach County
  10. George Washington Carver developed more than 300 food, industrial and commercial products from_____
  11. Appearing in X-men. One of the first black comic book characters

23 Clues: First all-black city incorporated in FL • Mary Mcleod Bethune established a college in • Eva Black was West Palm Beach's first black _______ • Solomon David Spady was Delray's _________ principal • First black owned hotel in Delray was the La ________ Hotel • Louis Armstrong was an influential player from New Orleans • ...

Happy Black History Month! 2023-02-19

Happy Black History Month! crossword puzzle
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  1. Bridges, Known for desegregating schools in the south
  2. Tools were created to tame this type of hair
  3. Jackson, King of Pop music
  4. first black President of the United States
  5. the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people
  6. Crow, laws that legalized segregation of the Black population of the United States
  7. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  8. the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint
  9. Rights, the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
  10. Black Lives Matter
  11. writer and poet passed in 2014 after a life of fighting for social justice and so much more
  12. Wall Street, former byname of the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma
  13. Colvin, 9 months before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat this 15 year old did the same thing
  14. cause someone to feel distressed, anxious, or uncomfortable
  15. first black billionaire
  16. originated in the late 19th to early 20th century including blues, spirituals, hymns, ragtime and more
  17. Black History Month
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  1. riders, Civil rights activists who rode interstate busses into the segregated Southern United States
  2. being aware of current social issues
  3. a U.S. holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States
  4. antagonism by an individual community or institution against a person or persons based on their membership of a specific group
  5. an American Muslim minister and human rights activist
  6. Parks, woman who refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white man
  7. just behavior or treatment
  8. Robinson, made history in 1947 when he was chosen to play for the dodgers
  9. a state of being united or joined as a whole
  10. Scholar whose dedication to celebrating the historic contributions of black people led to the establishment of Black History Month
  11. food, fried chicken is classified as this
  12. social disparity
  13. Ballou, Martin Luther King Jr. Secretary
  14. Giselle Knowles-Carter
  15. lack of fairness
  16. the attempt to prevent something by action or argument
  17. found over 300 ways to use peanuts
  18. first black Grammy winner
  19. last name of an escaped slave who helped others gain freedom

36 Clues: social disparity • lack of fairness • Black Lives Matter • Black History Month • Giselle Knowles-Carter • first black billionaire • first black Grammy winner • Jackson, King of Pop music • just behavior or treatment • found over 300 ways to use peanuts • being aware of current social issues • Ballou, Martin Luther King Jr. Secretary • food, fried chicken is classified as this • ...

Black History Month Activity 2023-02-28

Black History Month Activity crossword puzzle
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  1. portrayed african american struggles through her films and poems.
  2. Politician and diplomat who was the 65th US secretary.
  3. an enslaved man who was unseccusfully sued for his freedom.
  4. first african american author to publish a book of poems.
  5. an enslaved woman who helped free 70 other slaves.
  6. memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist known for her unique writing style.
  7. airforce general commander in WW2
  8. An american poet and playwrite from missouri who was known for his childrens books.
  9. Scientoligist, civil rights activist, and historian who was one of the foremos black intellectuals of his era.
  10. a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, and founder of the UNIA.
  11. 44th president of the US and the first black president of the US.
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  1. polititian and diplomat and secretary of the state, current director of the hoover institution at stanford.
  2. An American born French dancer who adopted 12 children.
  3. An american muslim minister who was vocal about muslim black empowerment.
  4. an American blues singer/songwriter and guitarist.B.B. King-an american blues singer/ song writer and guitarist.
  5. educator and author and founded tuskegee university
  6. -A civil rights activist who was famous for his “I have a dream” speech, and was assasinated in 1968.
  7. agricultural scientist who created 300 uses for peanuts.
  8. a civil rights activist known for the bus boycott.
  9. Led an anti-lynching crusade.

20 Clues: Led an anti-lynching crusade. • airforce general commander in WW2 • a civil rights activist known for the bus boycott. • an enslaved woman who helped free 70 other slaves. • educator and author and founded tuskegee university • Politician and diplomat who was the 65th US secretary. • An American born French dancer who adopted 12 children. • ...

Black History Month Assignment 2023-02-01

Black History Month Assignment crossword puzzle
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  1. Person who refused to give her bus seat up to a white man.
  2. first African American to play in the NHL.
  3. Hecivil rights lawyer who used the courts to fight Jim Crow and dismantle segregation in the U.S.
  4. She led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s.
  5. She was an outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women's rights.
  6. The person who has the most home runs ever, even though he cheated.
  7. The person who abolished slavery
  8. The month black history month is in
  9. first African American to play in the NFL.
  10. she became the first black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's nomination.
  11. escaped slavery and helped others escape
  12. she calculated trajectories that led the Apollo 11 to the moon.
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  1. he cultivated the spread of vocational schools and colleges for African Americans across the South.
  2. first African American to play in the NBA.
  3. He was the first Black commander of an integrated fighter wing.
  4. He embarked on an incredible life of “good trouble”: as a Freedom Rider.
  5. She she became the first black candidate for a major-party nomination for President of the United States, and the first woman to run for the Democratic Party's nomination.
  6. The person who gave the "I have a dream speech."
  7. He established an agriculture extension in Alabama and founded an industrial research lab.
  8. first African American president
  9. The first African American to play in the MLB.
  10. he fought his whole life to abolish slavery

22 Clues: first African American president • The person who abolished slavery • The month black history month is in • escaped slavery and helped others escape • first African American to play in the NBA. • first African American to play in the NHL. • first African American to play in the NFL. • he fought his whole life to abolish slavery • ...

Celebrate Black History Month! 2023-02-04

Celebrate Black History Month! crossword puzzle
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  1. Civil Rights activist arrested for not giving up her bus seat in 1955
  2. Abolitionist who escaped slavery and wrote the Slave Narratives
  3. First African American recipient of the Medal of Honor
  4. Led the Exodusters from Nashville to Kansas
  5. Accompanied Lewis and Clark on their famous expedition
  6. Sued for her son's freedom; Delivered the "Aint I a Woman" Speech
  7. Founded the NAACP
  8. Patriot poet of Boston and first enslaved woman to be published
  9. Plaintiff of Supreme Court case that resulted in "Separate but Equal" decision
  10. Established the Tuskegee Institute; Supported vocational training for freedmen
  11. Sued for his freedom in 1857 but denied by Supreme Court
  12. Master jazz trumpeter and singer
  13. First African American aviators in the U.S. Armed Forces
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  1. First fallen patriot of the Boston Massacre
  2. Famous conductor along the Underground Railroad
  3. Prolific anti-lynching journalist and Memphis suffragist
  4. Most famous leader of the Civil Rights Movement
  5. First African American woman elected to Congress
  6. Most celebrated African American regiment of World War I
  7. Famous scientist and inventor who founded hundreds of uses for the peanut
  8. First African American justice to the Supreme Court

21 Clues: Founded the NAACP • Master jazz trumpeter and singer • First fallen patriot of the Boston Massacre • Led the Exodusters from Nashville to Kansas • Famous conductor along the Underground Railroad • Most famous leader of the Civil Rights Movement • First African American woman elected to Congress • First African American justice to the Supreme Court • ...

Black History Month Puzzle 2025-01-30

Black History Month Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. What happens when you hear a motivational speech at a team meeting.
  2. What you give to the person who refills the coffee pot.
  3. The feeling you get when someone brings you a coffee.
  4. How you feel when you get a shout-out in a meeting.
  5. The feeling you get after successfully leading a meeting.
  6. The group of coworkers who share your sense of humor.
  7. The state of your desk drawer.
  8. What you need to carry all your work files home.
  9. What you do when you see your to-do list at the end of the day.
  10. What you do when you finally remember a coworker's name.
  11. Coming up with a clever solution to a work problem.
  12. When the whole team agrees on where to order lunch.
  13. Welcoming back your favorite coffee mug after it was missing.
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  1. The respect you have for the person who brings donuts to the office.
  2. Being the colleague who always has a spare charger.
  3. What you pretend to do when the IT department explains the new software.
  4. The rare moment when your inbox is empty.
  5. The determination to finish a report before the deadline.
  6. What you try to maintain during a surprise video call.
  7. The variety of snacks in the office kitchen.
  8. The process of learning how to use the new office printer.
  9. What you do when you finish a big project.
  10. What you try to do with all your passwords.
  11. The feeling you get when you receive positive feedback.
  12. The bravery needed to unmute yourself in a large meeting.
  13. Realizing you’ve been on mute during your entire presentation.
  14. The reason you participate in team-building activities.

27 Clues: The state of your desk drawer. • The rare moment when your inbox is empty. • What you do when you finish a big project. • What you try to do with all your passwords. • The variety of snacks in the office kitchen. • What you need to carry all your work files home. • Being the colleague who always has a spare charger. • How you feel when you get a shout-out in a meeting. • ...

Advantage Black History 2023-02-04

Advantage Black History crossword puzzle
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  1. Brown- the godfather of soul
  2. the month dedicated to black history month
  3. X- Muslim civil rights activist
  4. a goal of the program
  5. a goal of the program
  6. The first black female billionaire
  7. Luther- Gave a speech called I have a dream
  8. The year the Advantage started
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  1. plan- a goal of the program
  2. slaves used this to escape to freedom first word underground
  3. Woodson- known as the father of black history
  4. Johnson- first black billionaire; founded BET
  5. Is a professional truck driver
  6. war- the war fought in the us for black and whites
  7. Is a referee and went to west york
  8. Parks- was arrested for not giving up her seat
  9. The first black president

17 Clues: a goal of the program • a goal of the program • The first black president • plan- a goal of the program • Brown- the godfather of soul • Is a professional truck driver • The year the Advantage started • X- Muslim civil rights activist • Is a referee and went to west york • The first black female billionaire • the month dedicated to black history month • ...

African American Crossword Puzzle 2023-02-03

African American Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Famous African American Trumpeter
  2. Olympic Gymnast with 7 Olympic medals
  3. Equality movement from 1954 to 1968
  4. freeing of enslaved people
  5. First African American President
  6. African American Poet
  7. Famous African American Boxer
  8. African American actor most known for playing black panther
  9. Famous African American Astronaut
  10. started black history month
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  1. Famous African American Singer
  2. Was also arrested for not giving up her seat while being 15 and pregnant
  3. Famous Abolitionist and part of the reason Black history month is in February
  4. Association for the study of African American history and life
  5. Famous African American Basetball Player
  6. Famous Female African American Singer
  7. Current vice president
  8. Famous African American Baseball Player
  9. she wouldn't give up her seat for a white person, causing her to be arrested
  10. key person in the civil rights movement
  11. Former member of the supreme court

21 Clues: African American Poet • Current vice president • freeing of enslaved people • started black history month • Famous African American Boxer • Famous African American Singer • First African American President • Famous African American Trumpeter • Famous African American Astronaut • Former member of the supreme court • Equality movement from 1954 to 1968 • ...

Black History Month Activist 2021-02-26

Black History Month Activist crossword puzzle
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  1. was an American abolitionist
  2. was an African American Baptist minister
  3. a Jamaican political activist and publisher
  4. was an American poet and memoirist
  5. was an enslaved African-American man
  6. an American author and anthropologist
  7. was an American singer-songwriter
  8. an American-born French entertainer
  9. is an American diplomat and political
  10. an American activist in the civil rights
  11. was an American agricultural scientist
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  1. the first African-American author
  2. was a United States Air Force general
  3. was an African American Muslim minister
  4. An American sociologist socialist
  5. an American poet and social activist
  6. an American investigative journalist
  7. an American politician and diplomat
  8. is an American politician and attorney
  9. was an American educator and author

20 Clues: was an American abolitionist • the first African-American author • An American sociologist socialist • was an American singer-songwriter • was an American poet and memoirist • was an American educator and author • an American-born French entertainer • an American poet and social activist • an American investigative journalist • an American politician and diplomat • ...

Black History Month Project 2021-02-24

Black History Month Project crossword puzzle
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  1. This person started the Montgomery bus boycott
  2. This civil rights event took place in Washington, D.C. and over 250,000 people attended it
  3. Abbreviation for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
  4. This person was a civil rights leader that emerged from the labor movement. He consistently kept the interests of black workers at the forefront of the racial agenda.
  5. This person created the Underground Railroad
  6. A form of non-violent protest where a number of people occupy an area and refuse to move
  7. This person gave the "I Have A Dream" speech
  8. This person was the leading figure in Harlem Renaissance in the 1920's
  9. Abbreviation for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  10. This person signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
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  1. This person was an NAACP field secretary who was shot in the back in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi
  2. This person was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.
  3. This act protects people from discrimination when they are renting or buying a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing assistance, etc.
  4. revolutionary party founded to combat racism and empower Black people in the United States. Influenced by the likes of Malcolm X
  5. This person founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
  6. organized effort by Black Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights under the law
  7. the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
  8. This person wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"
  9. Abbrivation for The Association for the Study of African American Life and History
  10. This person was an American abolitionist and political activist who was born into slavery, this person eventually escaped and went on about 13 missions to rescue 70 enslaved people

20 Clues: This person wrote "The Souls of Black Folk" • This person created the Underground Railroad • This person gave the "I Have A Dream" speech • This person started the Montgomery bus boycott • This person signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 • Abbreviation for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2023-02-15

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. She is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist. She opened a school for girls in South Africa in 2009.
  2. On March 2, 1955, she was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus.
  3. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records.
  4. First black woman appointed to the Supreme Court
  5. He was a professional tennis player and the first African-American to win the NCAA singles title (for UCLA in 1975) and his professional career featured 33 titles, including the 1968 US Open, the 1970 Australian Open and 1975 Wimbledon.
  6. She was the first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license.
  7. She was the first African-American woman to serve as Secretary of State.
  8. He was the first African-American cardiologist who performed the first successful open-heart surgery who founded Provident Hospital in 1891. It was the first non-segregated hospital in the United States. Provident also had an associated nursing school for African Americans.
  9. She was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
  10. On June 30, 2015, she became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre's 75-year history.
  11. She delivered what is now recognized as one of the most famous abolitionist and women's rights speeches in American history, “Ain't I a Woman?”
  12. He was an American soldier, engineer, former slave and in 1877, the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, earning a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army.
  13. She became the first African-American woman to become a doctor of medicine in the United States.
  14. He was the first African-American president of the United States.
  15. In 1958 she became the first black female engineer at NASA
  16. She became the first black woman to travel into space when she served as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992
  17. He was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. He was one of the most prominent black scientists of the early 20th century.
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  1. He was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. He was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the Black community.
  2. He published his first book in 1845. He fought throughout most of his career for the abolition of slavery and worked with notable abolitionists like William Lloyd Garrison and Gerrit Smith.
  3. He was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era. He broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947
  4. He was responsible for the early development and success of what is now Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama. He became a noted writer and perhaps the most prominent African American leader of his time.
  5. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice
  6. He was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and is frequently ranked as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
  7. He was an American politician and civil rights activist who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in 2020
  8. He created AAADT as a haven for nurturing Black artists and expressing the universality of the African-American experience through dance
  9. She was the first American woman to win three gold medals in one Olympics. She was an American sprinter, who became a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field
  10. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis on November 14, 1960.
  11. She became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
  12. She dedicated her life to the fight for civil rights, working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). This organization was comprised mostly of African American students who engaged in acts of civil disobedience to fight racial segregation and injustice in the South.
  13. He was an African American explorer who was part of the first group of people to ever reach the North Pole
  14. She was the first African American woman and the second woman to receive a Star Route contract from the United States Post Office Department. After retiring from her postal route, she established her own laundry business in town.
  15. She was a poet, dancer, singer, activist, and scholar. She was a world-famous author. She was best known for her unique and pioneering autobiographical writing style.

32 Clues: First black woman appointed to the Supreme Court • He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice • In 1958 she became the first black female engineer at NASA • He was the first African-American president of the United States. • She was the first African-American woman to serve as Secretary of State. • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2018-02-28

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Nicknamed “The Godfather of Soul”
  2. An award-winning author
  3. A prominent civil rights activist
  4. Co-founding the NAACP
  5. A women’s rights activist and abolitionist
  6. A longstanding leader in the African-American community
  7. Incredible guitar playing abilities
  8. Key American civil rights leader
  9. Holds several records in the NFL
  10. Widely thought to be one of the best musicians of all time
  11. A slave who turned into a social activist
  12. She was one of the best female jazz singers ever
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  1. Being a world-famous composer and music producer
  2. He was the first African-American musical performer to have his own TV show
  3. A famous inventor and scientist
  4. Worked with the Underground Railroad
  5. Nicknamed the “The Queen of Soul”
  6. He was an amazing jazz artist, bandleader and trumpet player
  7. One of the most popular music artists from the 1950’s to the 1970’s
  8. A powerful leader in the Nation of Islam

20 Clues: Co-founding the NAACP • An award-winning author • A famous inventor and scientist • Key American civil rights leader • Holds several records in the NFL • Nicknamed “The Godfather of Soul” • Nicknamed the “The Queen of Soul” • A prominent civil rights activist • Incredible guitar playing abilities • Worked with the Underground Railroad • A powerful leader in the Nation of Islam • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2021-12-17

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Through action or inaction, denying members of a particular social group access to goods, resources, and services.
  2. Willie _______ is the first Black person to play in the NHL.
  3. North America’s largest Caribbean carnival.
  4. A way of thinking or operating based explicitly or implicitly on a stereotype or fixed image of a group of people.
  5. Author of "Origin of Waves".
  6. This Regional Park in Delta, BC is named after a salmon-canning owner.
  7. Black Loyalist Heritage Site is located in this city in Nova Scotia.
  8. Refers to an exaggerated belief, image or distorted truth about a person or group; a generalization that allows for little or no individual differences or social variation.
  9. A statue of Harry Jerome, Canadian track sprinter, is found in which park.
  10. Author of "The Blue Clerk".
  11. This navigator and interpreter arrived in Canada with Pierre Du Gua De Monts and Samuel de Champlain in 1604.
  12. Refers to a group’s shared set of beliefs, norms, and values. Human beings are not born with ________– they learn and transmit it through language and observation.
  13. The practice of identifying, challenging, preventing, eliminating, and changing the values, structures, policies, programs, practices, and behaviours that perpetuate racism.
  14. This Governor of Colony of Vancouver Island and the Colony of British Columbia invited about 800 black immigrants to settle in BC during the Fraser Gold Rush.
  15. In 1834, The British Parliament Abolishes Slavery in this month.
  16. On August 1, 1874, _________ became the first Black teacher on Vancouver Island.
  17. "The Skin We’re In" author.
  18. People who helped escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad.
  19. “One Dance” and “God’s Plan” singer.
  20. This person owned a business with Peter Lester that is said to have been a rival of the Hudson’s Bay Company and became the first Black person elected to public office in Canada in 1866.
  21. The phrase "The real McCoy" is attributed to him.
  22. He is believed by many to be the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe’s "Uncle Tom’s Cabin".
  23. The cities and towns where safe houses were located.
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  1. First Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100-metre sprint.
  2. First Black Governor General.
  3. This person is the first black female athlete to represent Canada in international competition and the other name for the Cambie Street Plaza.
  4. Which Planning Commission expropriated Africville between 1964-1970 and residents relocated and the community razed.
  5. Jeffrey Colvin’s debut novel was set in which primarily Black Canadian community.
  6. She wrote three poems about life in British Columbia mid-1800s, including one about the Barkerville Fire.
  7. Arrested for sitting in a “Whites Only” section in a New Glasgow, NS – she fought the charges.
  8. Also known as structural or institutional racism.
  9. She played Dr. Camille Saroyan.
  10. The most famous female conductor on the Underground Railroad.
  11. Province where the John Freeman Walls Historic Site is located.
  12. Location of Buxton National Historical Site and Museum.
  13. The first Black Canadian concert singer to win international acclaim.
  14. Actor best known for his portrayal of Michel Gerard in the television series Gilmore Girls.
  15. 2019’s Giller Prize winning title.
  16. Author of "The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal".
  17. The first dentist in BC (1886) to be granted a license under the BC Dental Act.
  18. A place in Vancouver that was a central spot for the Black Community and was destroyed with the creation of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaduct.
  19. A temporary safe house for escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad.
  20. GT Brown’s painting, “Giant’s Castle Mountain,” closest settlement.

43 Clues: Author of "The Blue Clerk". • "The Skin We’re In" author. • Author of "Origin of Waves". • First Black Governor General. • She played Dr. Camille Saroyan. • 2019’s Giller Prize winning title. • “One Dance” and “God’s Plan” singer. • North America’s largest Caribbean carnival. • Also known as structural or institutional racism. • ...

Black History Month AJHS 2022-01-30

Black History Month AJHS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. influential electric guitarist
  2. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  3. 44th President
  4. barnstormer pilot
  5. cells are used in medical research
  6. Civil Rights Leader, Congressman
  7. playwright, Harlem Renaissance
  8. Abolitionist
  9. Journalist/Activist
  10. group that fought segregation
  11. engineer, doctor, NASA astronaut
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  1. WWI Infantry Unit
  2. song "A Change is Gonna Come"
  3. first female vice president
  4. sociologist, intellectual and writer
  5. awarded the Navy Cross in WWII
  6. WWII fighter-pilot group
  7. 1968 elected to Congress
  8. carbon fiber filament inventor
  9. covered the song "Strange Fruit"

20 Clues: Abolitionist • 44th President • WWI Infantry Unit • barnstormer pilot • Journalist/Activist • WWII fighter-pilot group • 1968 elected to Congress • first female vice president • song "A Change is Gonna Come" • group that fought segregation • influential electric guitarist • awarded the Navy Cross in WWII • playwright, Harlem Renaissance • carbon fiber filament inventor • ...

Black history month: Watermelon 2024-02-15

Black history month: Watermelon crossword puzzle
Across
  1. rights Movement advocating for equal rights and opportunities for African Americans, including the right to enjoy watermelon without being stereotyped
  2. sensation experienced when consuming watermelon
  3. provides convenience and accessibility while maintaining the fruit's cultural significance within African American traditions
  4. Season when watermelons are typically harvested, enjoyed, and celebrated in African American culture, often associated with outdoor gatherings and family reunions
  5. The rich cultural significance and representation of community, heritage, and resilience embodied by watermelon within African American culture
  6. the month where black history is celebrated
  7. The transformation and adaptation of watermelon's cultural significance over time within African American communities
  8. Symbol of cultural heritage and resilience within African American communities
  9. nourishing produce that is often used in cultural celebrations and gatherings
  10. Historically used in derogatory stereotypes, yet a symbol of perseverance and cultural pride.
Down
  1. shared traditions and values within African American communities, exemplified by the significance of watermelon in cultural celebrations and gatherings
  2. often enjoyed in traditional dishes and celebrations, symbolizing resilience and connection to heritage.
  3. The cultivation and agricultural practice of growing watermelon
  4. Refreshing and juicy fruit often served as a sweet finale to meals
  5. Symbol of resilience and community, often associated with negative stereotypes.
  6. System of farming prevalent after the Civil War where African Americans often grew watermelons on rented land
  7. overcoming stereotypes about watermelons and challenges to remain a cherished symbol of community and tradition
  8. unfair treatment based on race and practices such as associating African Americans with watermelon stereotypes
  9. tiny plant found in the juicy flesh of a fruit associated with cultural symbolism and historical significance
  10. Negative portrayals and assumptions historically associated with African Americans and watermelon

20 Clues: the month where black history is celebrated • sensation experienced when consuming watermelon • The cultivation and agricultural practice of growing watermelon • Refreshing and juicy fruit often served as a sweet finale to meals • nourishing produce that is often used in cultural celebrations and gatherings • ...

Black history month: Watermelon 2024-02-15

Black history month: Watermelon crossword puzzle
Across
  1. often enjoyed in traditional dishes and celebrations, symbolizing resilience and connection to heritage.
  2. Refreshing and juicy fruit often served as a sweet finale to meals
  3. provides convenience and accessibility while maintaining the fruit's cultural significance within African American traditions
  4. Historically used in derogatory stereotypes, yet a symbol of perseverance and cultural pride.
  5. rights Movement advocating for equal rights and opportunities for African Americans, including the right to enjoy watermelon without being stereotyped
  6. nourishing produce that is often used in cultural celebrations and gatherings
  7. sensation experienced when consuming watermelon
  8. overcoming stereotypes about watermelons and challenges to remain a cherished symbol of community and tradition
  9. shared traditions and values within African American communities, exemplified by the significance of watermelon in cultural celebrations and gatherings
  10. The transformation and adaptation of watermelon's cultural significance over time within African American communities
  11. System of farming prevalent after the Civil War where African Americans often grew watermelons on rented land
  12. Symbol of cultural heritage and resilience within African American communities
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  1. Symbol of resilience and community, often associated with negative stereotypes.
  2. Season when watermelons are typically harvested, enjoyed, and celebrated in African American culture, often associated with outdoor gatherings and family reunions
  3. unfair treatment based on race and practices such as associating African Americans with watermelon stereotypes
  4. The cultivation and agricultural practice of growing watermelon
  5. The rich cultural significance and representation of community, heritage, and resilience embodied by watermelon within African American culture
  6. the month where black history is celebrated
  7. Negative portrayals and assumptions historically associated with African Americans and watermelon
  8. tiny plant found in the juicy flesh of a fruit associated with cultural symbolism and historical significance

20 Clues: the month where black history is celebrated • sensation experienced when consuming watermelon • The cultivation and agricultural practice of growing watermelon • Refreshing and juicy fruit often served as a sweet finale to meals • nourishing produce that is often used in cultural celebrations and gatherings • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2024-02-11

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Truth, was best known for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech, where she called out issues of gender and racial inequalities.
  2. CJ Walker, invented a line of African American hair care products.
  3. McDaniel, the first African American performer to win an Academy Award
  4. Johnson, the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908.
  5. Harris, First Black Vice President
  6. Rhodes Revels, the first African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
  7. Bonds, signed the highest single-year contract in MLB history for $4.7 million with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  8. Washington Carver, developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics.
  9. Marshall, the first African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  10. Raven Wilkinson, was the first Black woman to receive a contract to dance full time with a major ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo of New York City at the age of 20.
  11. Swett Rock, the first African American admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Down
  1. Parks, is known for her courageous act of not giving up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in 1955.
  2. Johnson, Sold BET and became the first black billionaire
  3. L Cralle, invented the ice-cream scoop (U.S. patent No. 576395), although he never profited from it.
  4. Obama, First Black President
  5. B Wells, In 1990 The U.S. Postal Service celebrates ____ as part of the Black Heritage series.
  6. G Woodson, created the celebration of Black History Month which began as “Negro History Week,”
  7. Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball
  8. Tubman, In 1978 The first stamp of the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage series honors _____ famed abolitionist and “conductor” of the Underground Railroad.
  9. Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives
  10. Mercer Langston, was the first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854.
  11. Fuhr, The five-time Stanley Cup champion was the first black NHL player to receive the honor of MVP.

22 Clues: Obama, First Black President • Harris, First Black Vice President • Johnson, Sold BET and became the first black billionaire • CJ Walker, invented a line of African American hair care products. • Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball • McDaniel, the first African American performer to win an Academy Award • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2024-02-11

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Truth, was best known for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech, where she called out issues of gender and racial inequalities.
  2. CJ Walker, invented a line of African American hair care products.
  3. McDaniel, the first African American performer to win an Academy Award
  4. Johnson, the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908.
  5. Harris, First Black Vice President
  6. Rhodes Revels, the first African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
  7. Bonds, signed the highest single-year contract in MLB history for $4.7 million with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  8. Washington Carver, developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics.
  9. Marshall, the first African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  10. Raven Wilkinson, was the first Black woman to receive a contract to dance full time with a major ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo of New York City at the age of 20.
  11. Swett Rock, the first African American admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Down
  1. Parks, is known for her courageous act of not giving up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in 1955.
  2. Johnson, Sold BET and became the first black billionaire
  3. L Cralle, invented the ice-cream scoop (U.S. patent No. 576395), although he never profited from it.
  4. Obama, First Black President
  5. B Wells, In 1990 The U.S. Postal Service celebrates ____ as part of the Black Heritage series.
  6. G Woodson, created the celebration of Black History Month which began as “Negro History Week,”
  7. Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball
  8. Tubman, In 1978 The first stamp of the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage series honors _____ famed abolitionist and “conductor” of the Underground Railroad.
  9. Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives
  10. Mercer Langston, was the first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854.
  11. Fuhr, The five-time Stanley Cup champion was the first black NHL player to receive the honor of MVP.

22 Clues: Obama, First Black President • Harris, First Black Vice President • Johnson, Sold BET and became the first black billionaire • CJ Walker, invented a line of African American hair care products. • Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball • McDaniel, the first African American performer to win an Academy Award • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2024-02-11

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Truth, was best known for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech, where she called out issues of gender and racial inequalities.
  2. CJ Walker, invented a line of African American hair care products.
  3. McDaniel, the first African American performer to win an Academy Award
  4. Johnson, the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908.
  5. Harris, First Black Vice President
  6. Rhodes Revels, the first African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
  7. Bonds, signed the highest single-year contract in MLB history for $4.7 million with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  8. Washington Carver, developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics.
  9. Marshall, the first African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  10. Raven Wilkinson, was the first Black woman to receive a contract to dance full time with a major ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo of New York City at the age of 20.
  11. Swett Rock, the first African American admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Down
  1. Parks, is known for her courageous act of not giving up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in 1955.
  2. Johnson, Sold BET and became the first black billionaire
  3. L Cralle, invented the ice-cream scoop (U.S. patent No. 576395), although he never profited from it.
  4. Obama, First Black President
  5. B Wells, In 1990 The U.S. Postal Service celebrates ____ as part of the Black Heritage series.
  6. G Woodson, created the celebration of Black History Month which began as “Negro History Week,”
  7. Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball
  8. Tubman, In 1978 The first stamp of the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage series honors _____ famed abolitionist and “conductor” of the Underground Railroad.
  9. Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives
  10. Mercer Langston, was the first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854.
  11. Fuhr, The five-time Stanley Cup champion was the first black NHL player to receive the honor of MVP.

22 Clues: Obama, First Black President • Harris, First Black Vice President • Johnson, Sold BET and became the first black billionaire • CJ Walker, invented a line of African American hair care products. • Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball • McDaniel, the first African American performer to win an Academy Award • ...

US Black History Month 2024-12-20

US Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Inventor of modern doorknob
  2. Legendary Actress with over 7 decade career
  3. Prolific deep-voiced singing voice actor
  4. 2025 Superbowl Headliner
  5. First Black male principal dancer of a major company
  6. VA for Okarun in Dandadan
  7. Do you remember the 21st night of September
  8. Don't eat her pies in The Help
  9. Godmother of Soul
  10. First Black Grand Master
  11. First black Vulcan
  12. Equalizer lead
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  1. First Black woman to graduate college
  2. Most decorated gymnast in history
  3. Insecure Actress
  4. Author of Broken Earth Sci-fi series
  5. Prince movie
  6. 44th president of the USA
  7. Queen of Jazz
  8. Mad TV Comedian and 7-Up rep
  9. Director of blockbuster about an obsidian puma
  10. First Black woman to win Academy Award for Best Actress
  11. School Quinta Brunson teaches at

23 Clues: Prince movie • Queen of Jazz • Equalizer lead • Insecure Actress • Godmother of Soul • First black Vulcan • 2025 Superbowl Headliner • First Black Grand Master • 44th president of the USA • VA for Okarun in Dandadan • Inventor of modern doorknob • Mad TV Comedian and 7-Up rep • Don't eat her pies in The Help • School Quinta Brunson teaches at • Most decorated gymnast in history • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2023-01-31

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. After years of remarkable work as an attorney, this person became the first African American to serve in the U.S. Supreme Court. Officially nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967, he served as a justice until 1991.
  2. In 1960, this person became the first Black student to go to an otherwise all-white elementary school in the South. She made history that day, and she’s still alive today, at 67 years old.
  3. this person was the first African American to publish a book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, in 1773. Born in the Gambia and sold to a family in Boston when she was 7 years old, she was emancipated shortly after her book was released.
  4. In 2003, after decades of hard work in the entertainment industry, this person was crowned the first Black woman to become a self-made billionaire.
  5. Known as the first African American professional photographer, this person was hired by Life magazine as their first Black staff photographer in 1948 after publishing a photo essay on the life of a Harlem gang leader. He remained at the magazine for two decades, where he took photos of everyone from Muhammad Ali to Malcolm X.
  6. As a child, this person was refused an autograph by his boxing idol, Sugar Ray Robinson. When he became a prizefighter, he vowed to never to deny an autograph request, which he honored throughout his career.
  7. this person was sworn in as the first Black U.S. senator in 1870.
  8. In 1909, several dozen activists of various races came together in New York City to form this organization in response to violence against Black people across the U.S. Some of the African American founding members were W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary Church Terrell, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett.
  9. In 1958, this singer took home two Grammys, making her the first Black musical artist to win the coveted prize. She won one for Best Jazz Performance, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
  10. This civil rights champion, prolific writer, and leader the black American Civil Rights movement of the early 20th century in the United States was the first Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard.
  11. this person became the first Black person in space in 1983, and would spend 688 hours there over the course of his career as an astronaut.
  12. this person 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.
  13. At the 2021 Grammy Awards, this artist won her 28th Grammy, meaning she has won the most Grammys of any singer in history, and of any woman in history. She is currently tied with Quincy Jones for most total Grammys of all time.
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  1. was the first Black woman elected to Congress and the first Black major-party presidential candidate. She survived three assassination attempts during her 1972 campaign.
  2. this person revolutionized the hair care industry with the plethora of products she created for Black hair, including products and tools to straighten kinky hair, as per PBS. Thanks to her creations, she became the first African-American woman to become a self-made millionaire.
  3. In 1986, this civil rights activist and Greenville native founded the National Rainbow Coalition – which is a national social justice organization.
  4. It’s believed that the fictional character of The Lone Ranger was based on this person who was born into slavery but fled westward during the Civil War. In time, he became a Deputy U.S. Marshal.
  5. After decades of segregation between Major League Baseball and the Negro Leagues, this player made history when the he was chosen as the Brooklyn Dodgers’ first Black baseball player in 1947, therefore integrating the MLB.
  6. this poem written by poet and activist Lucy Terry in 1746, was the first known poem written by a Black American. Terry was enslaved in Rhode Island as a toddler but became free at age 26 after marrying a free Black man.
  7. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, this person won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1940, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.
  8. In July 1777, this US colony became the first to ban slavery.
  9. this poet stopped celebrating her birthday for many years following the assassination of her friend, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the same day. She annually sent flowers to Mrs. King to commemorate that day.
  10. After becoming the very first African American and the first woman to graduate with a master's degree from the University of Hawaii, this person went on to invent the first successful treatment for Hansen’s disease (otherwise known as leprosy) in 1916. It wasn't until years after her tragic death at the young age of 24 that she even got proper credit for her work.
  11. After this African American performer expatriated to France, she famously smuggled military intelligence to French allies during World War II. She did this by pinning secrets inside her dress, as well as hiding them in her sheet music.
  12. In the 1920s, this poet led the way with his revolutionary poems, essays, books, and other works, many of which focused on “honestly” depicting life for Black people in the U.S. at the time, as per the Poetry Foundation. Some of his most iconic poems include “Harlem” and “I, Too.”
  13. This famous civil rights activist started as a freshman at Morehouse College at the young age of 15.
  14. This legendary singer performed in front of a televised audience in Boston the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. He is often given credit for preventing further riots with the performance.
  15. According to the NPCA, this legendary abolitionist was the most photographed American in the 1800s — and that was no accident. The organization explains that he purposely sat for photos often, as he wanted to spread a more accurate image of African Americans at the time; he also intentionally kept a straight face in photos, to challenge the idea that Black people were ever happy to be enslaved.

28 Clues: In July 1777, this US colony became the first to ban slavery. • this person was sworn in as the first Black U.S. senator in 1870. • This famous civil rights activist started as a freshman at Morehouse College at the young age of 15. • ...

Black history month assignment 2023-02-27

Black history month assignment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Escaped slavery and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 similarly-enslaved people
  2. The first black woman to star in a major motion picture
  3. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the Black community
  4. An American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States
  5. An enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for freedom for themselves and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision"
  6. One of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  7. An American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry
  8. Promoted equality through his poetry, novels, plays, essays, and children's books
  9. One of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement in America
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  1. An American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
  2. Autobiographical author
  3. An American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion
  4. 44th and first black president of America
  5. American blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer
  6. The first Black commander of an integrated fighter wing
  7. The first African-American Secretary of State
  8. Author of ¨Their Eyes were Watching God¨
  9. The current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University
  10. The first Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University
  11. The founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

20 Clues: Autobiographical author • Author of ¨Their Eyes were Watching God¨ • 44th and first black president of America • The first African-American Secretary of State • The first Black commander of an integrated fighter wing • The first black woman to star in a major motion picture • The founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association • ...

Black History Month Project 2023-02-27

Black History Month Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. T. Washington
  2. Tubman
  3. Obama
  4. Likes to chase mice
  5. DuBois
  6. Has a trunk
  7. Large marsupial
  8. Scott
  9. Garvey
  10. Angelou
  11. Wheatley
  12. Hughes
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  1. Washington Carver
  2. Parks
  3. Neale Hurston
  4. King
  5. B. Wells
  6. Powell
  7. Rice
  8. Man's best friend
  9. X
  10. O. Davis
  11. Baker
  12. Luther King Jr.
  13. Flying mammal

25 Clues: X • King • Rice • Parks • Obama • Scott • Baker • Tubman • Powell • DuBois • Garvey • Hughes • Angelou • B. Wells • O. Davis • Wheatley • Has a trunk • T. Washington • Neale Hurston • Flying mammal • Large marsupial • Luther King Jr. • Washington Carver • Man's best friend • Likes to chase mice

Black History Month Project 2023-02-16

Black History Month Project crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pro-basketball player, Chicago Bulls, 6 NBA championships, USA Olympic team
  2. Pro-boxer, WBC heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020, only lost to Tyson Fury
  3. Professional cowboy, competed in rodeos inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame
  4. 1st black woman to travel into space, spending 80 days on the STS-47 mission, National Medical Association Hall of Fame, appeared on Star Trek
  5. 1st African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana
  6. Dancer, singer, actress, 1st black woman to star in a major motion picture, broke many gender stereotypes
  7. American Muslim minister & civil rights activist, fought racism by promoting Nation of Islam
  8. Former First Lady of the U.S., created the Let’s Move Campaign to fight child obesity
  9. Olympic runner who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Games, dealt with racism throughout his career
  10. Pro-basketball player, only player to score 100 points in a single game & average 50 points in a season
  11. Youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, writer, overcame struggles with a speech impediment
  12. 1st African American President, served as Senator to Illinois, born in Hawaii
  13. Explorer who is believed to have been one of the 1st to reach the North Pole
  14. Famous for refusing to give up her seat on the bus for a white man, initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  15. Escaped slave & Conductor in the underground railroad, helping many other slaves to escape
  16. Jazz pianist, composer & leader of his big-band jazz orchestra which included a group of 14 musician from 1923 until his death
  17. Actress known for playing the voice of Tianna, the 1st Black Disney Princess & Dreamgirls
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  1. Pro-tennis player who has overcome struggles as a Black female in the sport
  2. MLB player for the Indianapolis Clowns before baseball was desegregated, 21 seasons with Milwaukee Braves
  3. Famous actor, known for playing Black Panther, continued to act through cancer diagnosis before dying in 2020
  4. 1st African American to win the individual all-around title at 2012 Summer Olympic Games
  5. Singer, rapper, actress, American Musical & Dramatic Academy & Georgia State University, The Electric Lady peaked #5 on Billboard Top 200
  6. Group of African American military pilots & airmen who fought in WWII, deployed in 1942, flew pursuit missions over Italian controlled North Africa
  7. 1st black women to ever become self-made millionaire through her hair care company
  8. Pro-basketball player, LA Lakers, youngest player to score 40 points in a game, broke the all-time scoring record of 38,387 points
  9. Surgeon who founded the 1st non-segregated hospital in the U.S., publicly championed by Frederick Douglass
  10. 1st African American to play in Major League Baseball, 1947 Rookie of the Year
  11. Civil Rights Activist, “I Have a Dream” Speech, March on Washington
  12. Olympic all-around gymnast, grew up in foster care, tied for most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast
  13. Real name is Cassius Clay, pro-boxer & heavyweight champion, grew up struggling with dyslexia
  14. Chef, teacher, wrote the Taste of Country Cooking, which helped refine the American view of Southern cooking
  15. Born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina and escaped during the Civil War
  16. NASA engineer, innovator & inventor of the super soaker
  17. 1st black dancer to be promoted to principal dancer of the American Ballet Theater, featured in a music video for Prince, member of President Obama's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition
  18. Pro-soccer player labeled "the greatest" by FIFA & only player to win 3 world cups
  19. Escaped slave, autobiography became best-seller and made people think critically about slavery
  20. Neurosurgeon, ran for President in 2016, served as Secretary of Housing & Urban Development

37 Clues: NASA engineer, innovator & inventor of the super soaker • Civil Rights Activist, “I Have a Dream” Speech, March on Washington • Pro-tennis player who has overcome struggles as a Black female in the sport • Pro-basketball player, Chicago Bulls, 6 NBA championships, USA Olympic team • Pro-boxer, WBC heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020, only lost to Tyson Fury • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2023-02-14

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Carrie Best started writing poetry when she was ______ years old
  2. Chloe Cooleys attempt to break free caught the attention of_____________
  3. He was the first Black letter carrier in Canada
  4. She was a civil rights activist and entrepreneur
  5. She was a broadcaster and activist
  6. People didn't know what happened to Chloe Cooley after she was taken to __________
  7. Carrie Best had her own radio show in ___________
  8. In _______, Viola Desmond became the face of the Canadian $10 bill
  9. Mr. Simcoe tried to bring forward a law to _________
  10. Slavery was abolished in _______
  11. Mr. Alexander has ______ schools named after him
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  1. Adam Vrooman kidnapped Cooley on _________, with the help of two men
  2. Mr. Alexander became the first Black Canadian Lieutenant-Governor in ________
  3. This was one of the first newspapers in Nova Scotia owned by a Black person
  4. He was a politician and abolitionist
  5. In the late _______, rumours were going around that slavery could be abolished
  6. Canada celebrates Lincoln Alexander Day every __________
  7. ______ people saw the kidnapping happen and reported it
  8. He became the first Black Canadian elected to Parliament in 1968
  9. She was a civil rights activist
  10. She was a slave from Queenston in Upper Canada
  11. Mr. Jackson delivered mail for _____ years

22 Clues: She was a civil rights activist • Slavery was abolished in _______ • She was a broadcaster and activist • He was a politician and abolitionist • Mr. Jackson delivered mail for _____ years • She was a slave from Queenston in Upper Canada • He was the first Black letter carrier in Canada • She was a civil rights activist and entrepreneur • ...

Black History Month Project 2021-02-24

Black History Month Project crossword puzzle
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  1. This person started the Montgomery bus boycott
  2. This civil rights event took place in Washington, D.C. and over 250,000 people attended it
  3. Abbreviation for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
  4. This person was a civil rights leader that emerged from the labor movement. He consistently kept the interests of black workers at the forefront of the racial agenda.
  5. This person created the Underground Railroad
  6. A form of non-violent protest where a number of people occupy an area and refuse to move
  7. This person gave the "I Have A Dream" speech
  8. This person was the leading figure in Harlem Renaissance in the 1920's
  9. Abbreviation for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  10. This person signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
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  1. This person was an NAACP field secretary who was shot in the back in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi
  2. This person was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.
  3. This act protects people from discrimination when they are renting or buying a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing assistance, etc.
  4. revolutionary party founded to combat racism and empower Black people in the United States. Influenced by the likes of Malcolm X
  5. This person founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
  6. organized effort by Black Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights under the law
  7. the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
  8. This person wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"
  9. Abbrivation for The Association for the Study of African American Life and History
  10. This person was an American abolitionist and political activist who was born into slavery, this person eventually escaped and went on about 13 missions to rescue 70 enslaved people

20 Clues: This person wrote "The Souls of Black Folk" • This person created the Underground Railroad • This person gave the "I Have A Dream" speech • This person started the Montgomery bus boycott • This person signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 • Abbreviation for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2021-02-26

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The real Lone Ranger story was inspired by this man.
  2. Short for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
  3. African American Self-Made Millionaire known for inventing a line of African American hair care products.
  4. First African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  5. First professional African American to play in the MLB.
  6. Inventor who created long lasting light bulbs with a carbon filament.
  7. First African American POTUS.
  8. Developed 300 derivative products from peanuts.
  9. Zora _____________ Hurston, author of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
  10. Group of African American military pilots and airmen who fought in WWII.
  11. First African American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
  12. Bessie Coleman was the first African American female to become this.
  13. Venus' sister.
  14. He became the first African American billionaire when he sold the cable station he founded in 2001.
  15. March 7, 1965 is known as this day.
  16. First African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
  17. First African-American and one of the first women to publish a book of poetry in the colonies in 1773.
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  1. First American colonist killed in the American Revolution.
  2. First African American man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854.
  3. African American Inventor that had over 50 patents to his name but was most notably known for inventing the lubricator for steam engines.
  4. Famed NASA mathematician and inspiration for the film 'Hidden Figures'.
  5. First African American First Lady.
  6. First African American Vice President of the United States.
  7. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
  8. Pioneer of the 1950s Civil Rights Movement who at the age of 15 refused to give up her seat on a crowded segregated bus.
  9. African American Farmer who produced one of America's earliest almanacs and what may have been the country's first natively produced clock.
  10. Birth name of the woman who was the face of the Underground Railroad.
  11. Early innovator of jazz poetry and leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
  12. Famous African American performer who expatriated to France.
  13. First all black California township created to provide a self-sufficient city where African Americans could live their lives free of racial prejudice.
  14. Legendary poet who stated, 'If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.'
  15. He invented the 3-way traffic light that we use today.
  16. This iconic cartoon character was inspired by an African American jazz singer in Harlem.
  17. Most famous African American professional golfer.
  18. Author of The Color Purple.
  19. Knick name for Frederick McKinley Jones who invented refrigerated trucks.
  20. Inventor of the mechanism that automatically opens and closes elevator shaft doors.

37 Clues: Venus' sister. • Author of The Color Purple. • First African American POTUS. • First African American First Lady. • March 7, 1965 is known as this day. • He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. • Developed 300 derivative products from peanuts. • Most famous African American professional golfer. • The real Lone Ranger story was inspired by this man. • ...

Black History Month Assignment 2021-03-01

Black History Month Assignment crossword puzzle
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  1. T. Washington - an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to multiple presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, was the most dominant leader in the African American community and of the contemporary black elite
  2. King - an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing
  3. Powell - an American politician and diplomat. Became the first United States Secretary of State
  4. X - an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement. A vocal spokesman for the Nation of Isalm
  5. B. Wells - an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement. Founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  6. Garvey - a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. Founder and first President - General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League
  7. Hughes - an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. One of the earliest innovators of the new literary art form called jazz poetry
  8. Luther King Jr. - an African American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement
  9. Scott - an enslaved African-Americans man in the United States who unsuccessfully sued for his freedom and his family
  10. Baker - an American-born French entertainer, French resistance agent, and civil rights activist
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  1. DuBois - an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor
  2. Obama - an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States and was the first African-American president in the US
  3. Wheatley - the first African-American author of a published book of poetry
  4. O. Davis - a United States Air Force general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen. The first black Brigadier general in the United States Air Force.
  5. Neale Hurston - an American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker and portrayed racial struggles in the early 1990s American South and published research on hoodoo
  6. Parks - an American activist in the civil rights movement. “The first lady of the civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement.” Known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
  7. Angelou - an American poet, memorist, and civil rights activist
  8. Rice - an American diplomat, political scientist, civil servant, and professor who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University
  9. Tubman - am American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, but escaped and freed other slaves
  10. Washington Carver - an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion. Most prominent black scientist of the early 20th century.

20 Clues: Angelou - an American poet, memorist, and civil rights activist • Wheatley - the first African-American author of a published book of poetry • Powell - an American politician and diplomat. Became the first United States Secretary of State • Baker - an American-born French entertainer, French resistance agent, and civil rights activist • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2024-01-24

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Garrett Morgan, Stop, Slow, Go
  2. Fictional technologically advanced African civilization
  3. Sugar Hill Gang
  4. An intellectual cultural movement of African American art, music, fashion & dance
  5. Underground ____.
  6. Magazine published in 1945
  7. First black woman to refuse a bus seat
  8. Elected US Vice President 2020
  9. "Yes We Can"
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  1. Justice of the supreme court(1967)
  2. "I have a _____."
  3. June 19,1865
  4. First African American to host a tv show
  5. First state to abolish slavery
  6. Single Ladies, Crazy In Love, Halo
  7. The Grammy goes to...(1973)
  8. Father of black history
  9. Black history month is in
  10. George Speck invented this favorite snack
  11. Former reporter, talk show host, actress

20 Clues: June 19,1865 • "Yes We Can" • Sugar Hill Gang • "I have a _____." • Underground ____. • Father of black history • Black history month is in • Magazine published in 1945 • The Grammy goes to...(1973) • Garrett Morgan, Stop, Slow, Go • First state to abolish slavery • Elected US Vice President 2020 • Justice of the supreme court(1967) • Single Ladies, Crazy In Love, Halo • ...

Black History Month 2024 2024-01-31

Black History Month 2024 crossword puzzle
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  1. Famous graffiti artist/painter who passed away far too soon.
  2. won best supporting actress in 1939 for Gone With the Wind
  3. an actress, comedian etc who earned an EGOT.
  4. a singer who earned an EGOT before he turned 40.
  5. - sang the first version of Hound Dog (1952)
  6. won Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the play mentioned in question 1
  7. The Mother of the blues
  8. First male actor to win an Oscar for Lilies of the Field in 1963.
  9. Very Superstitious, writing's on the wall for this Grammy winner in 1974.
  10. sang on the Lincoln Memorial steps with an assist from Eleanor Roosevelt in 1939
  11. a musical genre and a culture was formed during the 1970s in the Bronx
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  1. Famous American playwright who wrote the play Fences
  2. Presidential Portrait artist whose work is currently in the National Portrait Gallery.
  3. became a popular form of dance music in the 1920s which gave rise to the Swing Era
  4. published Maple Leaf Rag in 1899
  5. first African-American to publish his composition Harlem Rag in 1897
  6. turned actress who now has a daytime talk show and earned an EGOT.
  7. a modern artist who painted a former FLOTUS.
  8. won a grammy for this sedentary referencing song in 1969.
  9. first black woman named a principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre
  10. the first graduate of Howard University's art department
  11. His trademark was a trumpet bent at a 45 degree angle.

22 Clues: The Mother of the blues • published Maple Leaf Rag in 1899 • an actress, comedian etc who earned an EGOT. • - sang the first version of Hound Dog (1952) • a modern artist who painted a former FLOTUS. • a singer who earned an EGOT before he turned 40. • Famous American playwright who wrote the play Fences • His trademark was a trumpet bent at a 45 degree angle. • ...

Black History Month Facts 2025-02-03

Black History Month Facts crossword puzzle
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  1. King Civil Rights leader was not violent
  2. Longest running Black sitcom on TV
  3. Recorded the "Rappers Delight"
  4. First Black woman to travel to space
  5. Nation of Islam Civil Rights Leader
  6. The oldest Black Greek Fraternity
  7. Acronym for Black Colleges and Universities
  8. The sisters that won tennis titles
  9. Where Black Wall Street was located In Oklahoma
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  1. Fastest time in the 100 meters
  2. First Black QB to win Super Bowl
  3. Records out of Detroit that recorded Black Artists
  4. Biles, the gold medal gymnast
  5. Bonds: Most Homeruns in the Major Leagues
  6. California Love Artist
  7. Would not get up out of her seat
  8. The Oldest Black Greek Sorority
  9. First Black player in the Major Leagues
  10. P. Diddy was his sidekick
  11. Founded by Booker T. Washington
  12. Won the gold medal in the 1936 Olympics

21 Clues: California Love Artist • P. Diddy was his sidekick • Biles, the gold medal gymnast • Fastest time in the 100 meters • Recorded the "Rappers Delight" • The Oldest Black Greek Sorority • Founded by Booker T. Washington • First Black QB to win Super Bowl • Would not get up out of her seat • The oldest Black Greek Fraternity • Longest running Black sitcom on TV • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2025-01-21

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. People who helped escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad.
  2. James Douglas was the Governor of Colony of Vancouver Island and the Colony of British Columbia who invited about 800 black immigrants to settle in BC during the ________ Gold Rush.
  3. Afua ______ is the author of The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal.
  4. First Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100-metre sprint was _________ Bailey
  5. ______ Gibbs wrote three poems about life in British Columbia mid-1800s, including one about the Barkerville Fire.
  6. The British Parliament Abolishes Slavery in ________ of 1834.
  7. A statue of ______ Jerome, Canadian track sprinter, is found in Stanley Park.
  8. ________ racism is also known as structural or Systemic racism.
  9. In the first part of the 20th century a large number or Black American’s moved to Canada’s major cities and worked as train ______.
  10. GT Brown’s painting, “Giant’s Castle Mountain,” closest settlement.
  11. On August 1, 1874, Emma _______ became the first Black teacher on Vancouver Island.
  12. ________ Brand is the author of The Blue Clerk.
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  1. Through action or inaction, denying members of a particular social group access to goods, resources, and services.
  2. North America’s largest Caribbean carnival.
  3. According to __________ Canada, there were about 1.5 million Black people living in Canada in 2021.
  4. Barbara ________ was the first black female athlete to represent Canada in international competition and the other name for the Cambie Street Plaza.
  5. Horgan’s Alley was a central spot for the Black Community in Vancouver and was destroyed with the creation of the _____ and Dunsmuir viaduct.
  6. Mifflin ________ was the Salt Spring Island delegate to the Yale Convention.
  7. _________ Da Costa was the first recorded free black person to arrive in the territory of today’s Canada.
  8. He is the first Canadian sprinter to win three medals at a single Olympic Games.
  9. _______ Rockhead founded the jazz club, Rockhead’s Paradise in Montreal in 1928.

21 Clues: North America’s largest Caribbean carnival. • ________ Brand is the author of The Blue Clerk. • The British Parliament Abolishes Slavery in ________ of 1834. • People who helped escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad. • ________ racism is also known as structural or Systemic racism. • GT Brown’s painting, “Giant’s Castle Mountain,” closest settlement. • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2018-03-01

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. one who leads
  2. the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  3. basic things listed in laws that all citizens are are entitled to.
  4. the condition of being unequal; lack of equality; disparity
  5. the institutional separation of an ethnic, racial, religious, or other minority group from the dominant majority.
  6. the belief in racist ideas
  7. one that advocates or opposes a cause or issue vigorously, especially a political cause.
  8. one who has an ideology that one race is inherently better than another.
  9. an act or instance of oppressing or subjecting to cruel or unjust impositions or restraints.
  10. the condition of not being unequal
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  1. a group of persons related by common descent or heredity.
  2. extreme fear of another country or its citizens.
  3. music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
  4. a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
  5. the undoing of segregation
  6. advocating or opposing a cause or issue vigorously, especially a political cause.
  7. the thing America is known for.
  8. the state or quality of being equal; correspondence in quantity, degree, value, rank, or ability.
  9. the state of being proud
  10. past tense of pride

20 Clues: one who leads • past tense of pride • the state of being proud • the undoing of segregation • the belief in racist ideas • the thing America is known for. • the condition of not being unequal • extreme fear of another country or its citizens. • a group of persons related by common descent or heredity. • the condition of being unequal; lack of equality; disparity • ...

Black History Month Project 2021-02-24

Black History Month Project crossword puzzle
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  1. This person started the Montgomery bus boycott
  2. This civil rights event took place in Washington, D.C. and over 250,000 people attended it
  3. Abbreviation for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
  4. This person was a civil rights leader that emerged from the labor movement. He consistently kept the interests of black workers at the forefront of the racial agenda.
  5. This person created the Underground Railroad
  6. A form of non-violent protest where a number of people occupy an area and refuse to move
  7. This person gave the "I Have A Dream" speech
  8. This person was the leading figure in Harlem Renaissance in the 1920's
  9. Abbreviation for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  10. This person signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
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  1. This person was an NAACP field secretary who was shot in the back in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi
  2. This person was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.
  3. This act protects people from discrimination when they are renting or buying a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing assistance, etc.
  4. revolutionary party founded to combat racism and empower Black people in the United States. Influenced by the likes of Malcolm X
  5. This person founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
  6. organized effort by Black Americans to end racial discrimination and gain equal rights under the law
  7. the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality
  8. This person wrote "The Souls of Black Folk"
  9. Abbrivation for The Association for the Study of African American Life and History
  10. This person was an American abolitionist and political activist who was born into slavery, this person eventually escaped and went on about 13 missions to rescue 70 enslaved people

20 Clues: This person wrote "The Souls of Black Folk" • This person created the Underground Railroad • This person gave the "I Have A Dream" speech • This person started the Montgomery bus boycott • This person signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 • Abbreviation for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee • ...

black history month puzzle 2021-02-27

black history month puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. X,He is best known for his time spent as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam.
  2. Garvey,He was the founder and first President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association
  3. T. Washington,an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to multiple presidents of the United States.
  4. Wheatley,She was enslaved by the Wheatley family of Boston.
  5. Obama, first black president of the U.S
  6. Baker, was an American-born French entertainer, French Resistance agent
  7. Luther King Jr, i had a dream speech
  8. Hughes,One of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry
  9. Scott, sued for his freedom and that of his wife, Harriet Robinson Scott, and their two daughters
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  1. American sociologist, socialist, historian
  2. Tubman,freed slaves through the underground railroad
  3. Angelou,was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
  4. Rice,professor who is the current director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
  5. B. Wells,She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
  6. Neale Hurston,The most popular of her four novels is Their Eyes Were Watching God
  7. O. Davis,He was the first black Brigadier general in the United States Air Force
  8. introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending
  9. Parks,refused to give up seat
  10. Washington Carver,developed approximately 300 products made from peanuts
  11. Powell,diplomat and retired four-star general who served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005.

20 Clues: Parks,refused to give up seat • Luther King Jr, i had a dream speech • Obama, first black president of the U.S • American sociologist, socialist, historian • Tubman,freed slaves through the underground railroad • Wheatley,She was enslaved by the Wheatley family of Boston. • Angelou,was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2019-01-28

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Mary J Van Brittan Brown created the first________(Abbreviated)
  2. Eva Black was West Palm Beach's first black _______
  3. 7 day celebration in the U.S. that recognizes African heritage
  4. Madam CJ Walker released her line of hair products called Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair ______
  5. Harriet______ was an escaped slave who made around thirteen trips to rescue over sixty slaves
  6. Coretta Scott______ was an activist who helped found many organizations, such as the Black Leadership Forum, the National Black Coalition for Voter Participation, and the Black Leadership Roundtable
  7. _______ High School was the first black high school in Palm Beach County
  8. Bessie Blount Griffin created an apparatus that let ________ feed themselves after working with soldiers during WWII
  9. Located near Lake Osborne, the _______ School was the first black school in Lake Worth
  10. Mary Mcleod Bethune established a college in
  11. Frederick Douglas published an abolitionist newsletter, The ______ Star
  12. Louis Armstrong was an influential player from New Orleans
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  1. Solomon David Spady was Delray's _________ principal
  2. First black owned hotel in Delray was the La ________ Hotel
  3. First all-black city incorporated in FL
  4. Rosa Parks is known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus _________
  5. Alice Coachman became the first black woman to win an Olympic ______ Medal
  6. Dr. Alice Frederick _________ owned a home that was open to the youth seeking guidance, intellectuals and black individuals. The home is known as the oldest continuously black owned home in West Palm Beach
  7. comic book company created by black artists and writers in 1993
  8. Zora Neale Hurston established a school of ________ arts at Bethune-Cookman
  9. Osbourne _____ Addition was a neighborhood south of Lake Worth legally designated as "colored" in Palm Beach County
  10. George Washington Carver developed more than 300 food, industrial and commercial products from_____
  11. Appearing in X-men. One of the first black comic book characters

23 Clues: First all-black city incorporated in FL • Mary Mcleod Bethune established a college in • Eva Black was West Palm Beach's first black _______ • Solomon David Spady was Delray's _________ principal • First black owned hotel in Delray was the La ________ Hotel • Louis Armstrong was an influential player from New Orleans • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2023-02-03

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Who is the MLB’s all time home run leader?
  2. "You must never be ___ about what you are doing when its right" - Rosa Parks
  3. "Every great dream begins with a ___. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world" - Harriet Tubman
  4. Who is the NHL’s First black player ?
  5. Who is the NBA’s first black player/coach?
  6. Who was the first African American woman to play a lead role on television?
  7. Arthur Ashe was a famous ____
  8. Who was the first black American to get a PhD
  9. The month is known as Black History Month
  10. Who is the first female black golfer on LPGA Tour?
  11. Someone who had a dream
  12. "You really change the ____ if you care enough" Marian Wright Edeiman
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  1. King of Pop
  2. Who is NBA’s all time leading scorer?
  3. "Where there is no ___; there is no strength" - Oprah Winfrey
  4. Who was the first black astronaut to walk in space
  5. Who is the First black owner in NBA history?
  6. Who is the WNBA’s second all time leading scorer?
  7. What service did the first African American female millionaire, Madame CJ Walker provide?
  8. Who was the first black head coach in the NFL?
  9. " If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then ___, but whatever you do keep moving forward" - Martin Luther King Jr
  10. She was the first licensed African-American pilot
  11. Who is the NBA’s first black general manager?
  12. "Never be limited by other people's limited ____" - Mae Jemison
  13. Former POTUS from 2008-2016
  14. Who is the first black female to be part owner in NFL history?
  15. Who is the first Black golfer on PGA Tour?
  16. Who was the ladies world figure skating championship in 1986?
  17. Which important legislation forbid employers from discriminating against minorities
  18. Founder of NAACP; African American sociologist who attended Harvard

30 Clues: King of Pop • Someone who had a dream • Former POTUS from 2008-2016 • Arthur Ashe was a famous ____ • Who is NBA’s all time leading scorer? • Who is the NHL’s First black player ? • The month is known as Black History Month • Who is the MLB’s all time home run leader? • Who is the NBA’s first black player/coach? • Who is the first Black golfer on PGA Tour? • ...

Black History Month Final 2022-02-24

Black History Month Final crossword puzzle
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  1. Brave, wanted justice, first African American child to go an all white school.
  2. protest for equal equality
  3. freedom held by all people
  4. can be successful regardless of their identity.
  5. stop using service to create change.
  6. fought unfair treatment as a civil rights lawyer. Brown vs. Board of education. Supreme Court Justice.
  7. "I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star". Women justice, known for "Ain't I a women".
  8. missed, "I have a dream" speech, went to Harvard, believed in equality.
  9. wrote books, self taught, speaker against slavery, worked with Abraham Lincoln, was 20 when he escaped from slavery.
  10. Baseball star, American hero, was in the military, treated badly because his skin color.
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  1. "education is the key to freedom", lived in Maryland then Pennsylvania.
  2. speech for equal rights, "I have a dream", freedom from segregation.
  3. keep separated due to race/color
  4. In 1863, he declared all slaves to be free through the Emancipation Proclamation.
  5. people who spoke against slavery.
  6. owning people like property.
  7. help slaves escape, conductors/guides lead the way.
  8. freedom everyone deserves to have
  9. refused to give up her seat, went to jail, Bus Boycott.
  10. free to do anything
  11. wanted to help other people, was a guide of the underground railroad, Considered the first Moses, helped 300 slaves escape, was 12 when she escaped slavery.
  12. fought for slaves freedom, used violence instead of words, crazy, portrayed as the second Moses.

22 Clues: free to do anything • protest for equal equality • freedom held by all people • owning people like property. • keep separated due to race/color • people who spoke against slavery. • freedom everyone deserves to have • stop using service to create change. • can be successful regardless of their identity. • help slaves escape, conductors/guides lead the way. • ...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2022 2022-02-18

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2022 crossword puzzle
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  1. Jazz queen #MrsLangi's home state
  2. Fastest woman in the world 1960s #10eyeC
  3. multi-billionaire talk show host #OleMiss
  4. ballet dancer for ABT #SUPERBOWL2022
  5. advocate for social/economic justice #Glaciers
  6. sings R.E.S.P.E.C.T #Detroit
  7. she sat b4 RosaParks #CivilRightsStartedHere
  8. 3x world champion in 100m hurdles #evergreen
  9. 1st AA elected to be mayor of this state
  10. from the Show-Me state, she's #phenomenalwoman
  11. 1st AA president of the USA #aloha
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  1. civil right activist in sin city
  2. invented gas masks, traffic light #BUCKEYES
  3. first self-made female millionaire #mardigra
  4. known for her speech to impeach Nixon #Cowboys
  5. Actress in #GoneWithTheWind #DisneyWorld
  6. musician born in the state of potatoes
  7. nickname of retired Jazz player: Mailman
  8. first AA baseball player #Atlanta
  9. 1st African American woman crowned Miss ND
  10. Beyonce's husband #bigapple
  11. 1st AA woman to join tennis tour #SC
  12. Face of the Civil Rights movement #Selma
  13. fought for equal rights, underrated #OleMiss

24 Clues: Beyonce's husband #bigapple • sings R.E.S.P.E.C.T #Detroit • civil right activist in sin city • Jazz queen #MrsLangi's home state • first AA baseball player #Atlanta • 1st AA president of the USA #aloha • ballet dancer for ABT #SUPERBOWL2022 • 1st AA woman to join tennis tour #SC • musician born in the state of potatoes • Fastest woman in the world 1960s #10eyeC • ...

Black History Month Final 2022-02-28

Black History Month Final crossword puzzle
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  1. "Education is the key to freedom", lived in Maryland then Pennsylvania.
  2. fought for slaves freedom, used violence, crazy, considered the second Moses.
  3. brave, wanted justice, first African American child to go to an all white school.
  4. Considered the first Moses, wanted to help other people, was a guide of the underground railroad, helped 300 slaves, escaped slavery at age 12.
  5. wrote books, self taught, speaker against slavery, worked with Abraham Lincoln, escaped slavery at age 20.
  6. stop using service to create change
  7. fought unfair treatment as civil rights lawyer, Brown vs. Board of Education, Supreme Court Justice.
  8. In 1863, he declared all slaves to be free through Emancipation Proclamation.
  9. free to do anything
  10. freedom everyone deserves to have.
  11. keep separated due to race/color
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  1. Baseball star, American hero, was in the military, treated badly because of his skin color.
  2. " I am not going to die, I'm going home like a shooting star." Women Justice, "Ain't I a Women."
  3. protest for equal equality
  4. people who spoke against slavery.
  5. freedom held by all people
  6. help slaves escape, conductors/guides lead the way.
  7. speech for equal rights, "I have a dream" speech, freedom from segregation
  8. refused to give up seat, went to jail, bus boycott
  9. missed "I have a dream" speech, went to harvard, believed in equality.
  10. owning people like property
  11. can be successful regardless of their identity

22 Clues: free to do anything • protest for equal equality • freedom held by all people • owning people like property • keep separated due to race/color • people who spoke against slavery. • freedom everyone deserves to have. • stop using service to create change • can be successful regardless of their identity • refused to give up seat, went to jail, bus boycott • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2025-01-21

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. ________ racism is also known as structural or Systemic racism.
  2. _________ Da Costa was the first recorded free black person to arrive in the territory of today’s Canada.
  3. Afua ______ is the author of The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal.
  4. First Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in the 100-metre sprint was _________ Bailey
  5. James Douglas was the Governor of Colony of Vancouver Island and the Colony of British Columbia who invited about 800 black immigrants to settle in BC during the ________ Gold Rush.
  6. ______ Gibbs wrote three poems about life in British Columbia mid-1800s, including one about the Barkerville Fire.
  7. He is the first Canadian sprinter to win three medals at a single Olympic Games.
  8. _______ Rockhead founded the jazz club, Rockhead’s Paradise in Montreal in 1928.
  9. According to __________ Canada, there were about 1.5 million Black people living in Canada in 2021.
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  1. ________ Brand is the author of The Blue Clerk.
  2. Through action or inaction, denying members of a particular social group access to goods, resources, and services.
  3. On August 1, 1874, Emma _______ became the first Black teacher on Vancouver Island.
  4. In the first part of the 20th century a large number or Black American’s moved to Canada’s major cities and worked as train ______.
  5. Horgan’s Alley was a central spot for the Black Community in Vancouver and was destroyed with the creation of the _____ and Dunsmuir viaduct.
  6. Barbara ________ was the first black female athlete to represent Canada in international competition and the other name for the Cambie Street Plaza.
  7. North America’s largest Caribbean carnival.
  8. Mifflin ________ was the Salt Spring Island delegate to the Yale Convention.
  9. GT Brown’s painting, “Giant’s Castle Mountain,” closest settlement.
  10. A statue of ______ Jerome, Canadian track sprinter, is found in Stanley Park.
  11. People who helped escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad.
  12. The British Parliament Abolishes Slavery in ________ of 1834.

21 Clues: North America’s largest Caribbean carnival. • ________ Brand is the author of The Blue Clerk. • The British Parliament Abolishes Slavery in ________ of 1834. • People who helped escaping slaves on the Underground Railroad. • ________ racism is also known as structural or Systemic racism. • GT Brown’s painting, “Giant’s Castle Mountain,” closest settlement. • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2025-02-08

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Morgan – Inventor of the traffic signal and gas mask.
  2. Wonder – Iconic singer, songwriter, and producer.
  3. Hughes – Poet, social activist, and leading figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
  4. Abloh – Fashion designer and founder of Off-White, artistic director for Louis Vuitton’s men’s wear.
  5. Chisholm – First African American woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
  6. Smith – Actor, producer, and musician.
  7. Armstrong – Legendary jazz musician and trumpet player.
  8. Patricia Bath – Pioneering ophthalmologist who invented a device for cataract surgery.
  9. Ali – Boxing champion and civil rights activist.
  10. John Henrik Clarke – Historian and scholar of African history and culture.
  11. Winfrey – Talk show host, philanthropist, and media mogul.
  12. and Innovation
  13. Johnson – Mathematician and physicist known for her work at NASA.
  14. James – NBA superstar and philanthropist.
  15. Van Brittan Brown – Invented the home security system.
  16. Jemison – First African American woman astronaut.
  17. Marshall – First African American Supreme Court Justice.
  18. X – Civil rights leader and advocate for Black empowerment.
  19. Bassett – Actress and activist.
  20. Washington Carver – Agricultural scientist and inventor.
  21. Latimer – Invented the carbon filament for light bulbs and worked with Thomas Edison.
  22. Garvey – Political leader and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
  23. Franklin – Queen of Soul, known for hits like “Respect.”
  24. Dan (Daniel Day) – Iconic fashion designer, known for blending luxury fashion with streetwear.
  25. Du Bois – Civil rights activist and co-founder of the NAACP.
  26. Simone – Singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist.
  27. West – Philosopher, political activist, and public intellectual.
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  1. Johnson – First African American model to appear on the cover of Vogue.
  2. hooks – Feminist theorist, cultural critic, and author.
  3. Morrison – Novelist and essayist, won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
  4. Johnson – Inventor of the Super Soaker water gun and various other patents in engineering.
  5. Poitier – First African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
  6. and Thought Leaders
  7. St. Elmo Brady – First African American man to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S.
  8. Rudolph – Olympic sprinter and the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympiad.
  9. Charles Drew – Pioneer in blood storage and the development of blood banks.
  10. and Politics
  11. Luther King Jr. – Civil rights leader and advocate for non-violent protest.
  12. Parks – Civil rights activist known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  13. and Science
  14. Wintour – Fashion icon who’s been pivotal in shaping modern fashion, though often linked to criticism of exclusive fashion.
  15. Robinson – Broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
  16. Hendrix – Revolutionary rock guitarist.
  17. Williams – Tennis champion with 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
  18. Neale Hurston – Author and anthropologist known for Their Eyes Were Watching God.
  19. Lorde – Poet, essayist, and activist.
  20. Baldwin – Novelist and social critic known for his works on racial and sexual issues.
  21. Reese – Designer known for her colorful and elegant collections.
  22. and Arts
  23. Boseman – Actor best known for portraying Black Panther.
  24. and Design

51 Clues: and Arts • and Design • and Science • and Politics • and Innovation • and Thought Leaders • Bassett – Actress and activist. • Lorde – Poet, essayist, and activist. • Smith – Actor, producer, and musician. • Hendrix – Revolutionary rock guitarist. • James – NBA superstar and philanthropist. • Ali – Boxing champion and civil rights activist. • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2022-02-04

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Truth, was best known for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech, where she called out issues of gender and racial inequalities.
  2. CJ Walker, invented a line of African American hair care products.
  3. McDaniel, the first African American performer to win an Academy Award
  4. Johnson, the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908.
  5. Harris, First Black Vice President
  6. Rhodes Revels, the first African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
  7. Bonds, signed the highest single-year contract in MLB history for $4.7 million with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  8. Washington Carver, developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics.
  9. Marshall, the first African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  10. Raven Wilkinson, was the first Black woman to receive a contract to dance full time with a major ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo of New York City at the age of 20.
  11. Swett Rock, the first African American admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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  1. Parks, is known for her courageous act of not giving up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in 1955.
  2. Johnson, Sold BET and became the first black billionaire
  3. L Cralle, invented the ice-cream scoop (U.S. patent No. 576395), although he never profited from it.
  4. Obama, First Black President
  5. B Wells, In 1990 The U.S. Postal Service celebrates ____ as part of the Black Heritage series.
  6. G Woodson, created the celebration of Black History Month which began as “Negro History Week,”
  7. Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball
  8. Tubman, In 1978 The first stamp of the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage series honors _____ famed abolitionist and “conductor” of the Underground Railroad.
  9. Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives
  10. Mercer Langston, was the first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854.
  11. Fuhr, The five-time Stanley Cup champion was the first black NHL player to receive the honor of MVP.

22 Clues: Obama, First Black President • Harris, First Black Vice President • Johnson, Sold BET and became the first black billionaire • CJ Walker, invented a line of African American hair care products. • Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball • McDaniel, the first African American performer to win an Academy Award • ...

Black History Month AJHS 2022-01-30

Black History Month AJHS crossword puzzle
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  1. sociologist, intellectual and writer
  2. WWI Infantry Unit
  3. first female vice president
  4. covered the song "Strange Fruit"
  5. cells are used in medical research
  6. 1968 elected to Congress
  7. 44th President
  8. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  9. group that fought segregation
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  1. barnstormer pilot
  2. Abolitionist
  3. awarded the Navy Cross in WWII
  4. carbon fiber filament inventor
  5. engineer, doctor, NASA astronaut
  6. playwright, Harlem Renaissance
  7. WWII fighter-pilot group
  8. Journalist/Activist
  9. song "A Change is Gonna Come"
  10. influential electric guitarist
  11. Civil Rights Leader, Congressman

20 Clues: Abolitionist • 44th President • barnstormer pilot • WWI Infantry Unit • Journalist/Activist • WWII fighter-pilot group • 1968 elected to Congress • first female vice president • song "A Change is Gonna Come" • group that fought segregation • awarded the Navy Cross in WWII • carbon fiber filament inventor • playwright, Harlem Renaissance • influential electric guitarist • ...

Black History Month Puzzle 2023-02-08

Black History Month Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. Quarterback for the eagles
  2. First African American President
  3. plays killmonger in black panther and is in the new creed movies
  4. rapper and singer that sings shirt, and made an album caled SOS
  5. Black comedian, and actor thats in Jumanji
  6. Sings Die for you
  7. Fasted African-american track and fielder
  8. rapper and actor that is in juice and sings hit em up
  9. biracial rapper that recently made an album 21 savage
  10. A basketball player that sadly died in a car crash.
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  1. escaped slavery through an underground tunnel
  2. recently made a album with drake
  3. First African-American girl to go to a white school
  4. Has the most grammys
  5. Wife of Obama
  6. Best African-american tennis player
  7. sings thriller
  8. made the song money trees
  9. Said the I have a dream speech
  10. sings work, and needed me

20 Clues: Wife of Obama • sings thriller • Sings Die for you • Has the most grammys • made the song money trees • sings work, and needed me • Quarterback for the eagles • Said the I have a dream speech • recently made a album with drake • First African American President • Best African-american tennis player • Fasted African-american track and fielder • ...

Venmo Black History Month 2021-02-04

Venmo Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. This trio features Lisa "Left-eye" Lopes
  2. In 1991, this became the first black-controlled company to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange
  3. Kunta Kinte was one the characters in this Alex Haley book
  4. In 1988 Black American author Toni Morrison was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for this novel
  5. Music form born from the Blues
  6. Best selling album of all time
  7. ______ Daughters is an organization of young radical Black women and girls in Chicago, protesting against police violence.
  8. This person is hailed as the creator of "Afro-Beat"
  9. The youngest performer ever to win lead actress in a drama series
  10. Mary Jackson,Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughn worked here
  11. The phrase "Bye Felicia" came from this movie
  12. All black Disney show about this family
  13. First historically Black college in America
  14. The ______ of Lauryn Hill
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  1. This group launched the Freedom Rides in 1961
  2. An American drama television series about New York City's African-American and Latino LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming drag ball culture scene
  3. “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged ___ that cannot fly.”
  4. “Don’t agonize, _____.” —Florynce Kennedy
  5. Name of the Black Panther from the movie Black Panther
  6. Donald Glover stars as "Earn" in this series
  7. First state to abolish slavery
  8. Widely acknowledged as the birthplace of hip-hop
  9. Langston Hughes was responsible for publishing this Black American magazine
  10. Civil Rights Organization founded on Feb 12, 1909
  11. This rapper's real name is Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn
  12. The "princess of R&B" with hits like "Rock the Boat" and "One in a Million"
  13. ___ and ____- 2019 American romantic road crime drama film written by Lena Waithe
  14. Black Is King is a 2020 American musical film and visual album directed, written, and executive produced by _____
  15. Dr. Hale Williams established the first African-American hospital in this midwestern city
  16. First rap group featured on MTV

30 Clues: The ______ of Lauryn Hill • Music form born from the Blues • First state to abolish slavery • Best selling album of all time • First rap group featured on MTV • All black Disney show about this family • This trio features Lisa "Left-eye" Lopes • “Don’t agonize, _____.” —Florynce Kennedy • First historically Black college in America • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2022-02-14

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. First Black woman to be elected in US Congress
  2. Astrophysicist, TV show host, and director of the Hayden Planetarium
  3. First Black person to join an extended mission on the International Space Station
  4. Youngest inaugural poet in US history
  5. The Queen of Jazz
  6. Surgeon who developed the first large scale blood bank
  7. Track and field star who won 4 olympic gold medals in 1936
  8. First state to abolish slavery
  9. First boxer to win the Heavyweight Championship 3 times
  10. First African American to win an Oscar
  11. Black chemist who developed first successful treatment to Leprosy
  12. First Black woman to be awarded a Ph.D. in chemistry in the US
  13. First Black man to attend Bradley University
  14. first African American student to attend William Frantz Elementary in Louisiana
  15. Civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat
  16. Writer of "Still I Rise"
  17. Leader of the Underground Railroad
  18. First Black woman to gain a pilots liscence
  19. First African American woman in space
  20. the first African American woman from any country to win an Olympic Gold Medal
  21. Creator of the Potato Chip
  22. First black player in the Major Baseball League
  23. First Black man in space
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  1. first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1950
  2. First Black American to win Nobel prize 1950
  3. First African American US Justice of the Supreme Court
  4. first African American to star in her own TV show in 1939
  5. One of NASA's human 'computers'
  6. Organized and strategized the March on Washington in August 1963
  7. First female African American woman to be published
  8. founded the Chicago Defender weekly newspaper
  9. First African American Heavy weight champion
  10. first woman to be detained for her resistance not to sit at the back of the bus when she was 15
  11. “godmother of the women’s movement.”
  12. Group of nine African American students to attend a newly desegregated school in Arkansas
  13. first Black female judge in the United States
  14. Prominent Jazz musician who plays the Trumpet and sings
  15. The King of Pop
  16. Pioneer in chemistry who synthesized medicinal drugs such as cortisone, steroids and birth control pills
  17. First Black woman to win Nobel prize 1993
  18. The Queen of Soul
  19. the first African American on the staff of LIFE magazine

42 Clues: The King of Pop • The Queen of Jazz • The Queen of Soul • Writer of "Still I Rise" • First Black man in space • Creator of the Potato Chip • First state to abolish slavery • One of NASA's human 'computers' • Leader of the Underground Railroad • “godmother of the women’s movement.” • Youngest inaugural poet in US history • First African American woman in space • ...

Black History Month Pentathlon 2022-02-16

Black History Month Pentathlon crossword puzzle
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  1. Founder of Negro History Week, precursor to Black Histoy Month
  2. First African-American U.S. president
  3. Former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin ______
  4. Civil rights heroine Park
  5. Wrote the novel “Black Boy”
  6. Sing of #1 hit “Saving All My Love for You”
  7. First male African-American Grammy winner
  8. First African-American woman to run for president
  9. First African-American man to win Oscar for best actor
  10. “Beloved” novelist
  11. Month Black history is observed
  12. Amendment gave Black males the right to vote
  13. Muslim leader and civil rights activist
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  1. Known for thoughts on intersectionality
  2. “Still I Rise”
  3. ______ Renaissance (period of black literary renewal)
  4. First African-American U.S. Supreme Court justice
  5. National anthem kneel NFL
  6. Famous jazz trumpeter of the 20th century; nicknamed “Satchmo”
  7. Peanut butter creator
  8. “The Color Purple” author
  9. Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to this, in 1968
  10. First African-American MLB player
  11. Known as the “​​Queen of Scat”

24 Clues: “Still I Rise” • “Beloved” novelist • Peanut butter creator • National anthem kneel NFL • Civil rights heroine Park • “The Color Purple” author • Wrote the novel “Black Boy” • Known as the “​​Queen of Scat” • Month Black history is observed • First African-American MLB player • First African-American U.S. president • Known for thoughts on intersectionality • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2015-01-18

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Youngest African American Soccer Player to go pro
  2. Last name of the athlete who won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics
  3. Currently America’s only black billionaire; talk show host who is dubbed the “Queen of All Media”
  4. Wrote his first autobiography in 1845 “the Narrative of the Life of _________ An American Slave”
  5. _____________Armstrong Nicknamed Satchmo
  6. First African American woman to be elected to Congress
  7. Wrote “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing”
  8. _______ Jemison, first African American Woman to travel in space.
  9. ______King Cole
  10. Baseball Great nicknamed “Hammerin Hank”
  11. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Singer
  12. ___________Garvey
  13. Stage name of Anna Mae Bullock
  14. Marvin who sings “Whats Goin On”
  15. First Black President
  16. Known as the Queen of Jazz
  17. First African American EVER To win an Academy Award
  18. Inventor Garrett ______ who invented the Gas Mask and Traffic Signal
  19. Author and Co Founder of Civil Rights Organization
  20. African American Muslim Minister and Activist.
  21. Civil Rights Leader
  22. Civil Rights Organization that started in 1909
  23. Born Isabella Baumfree, gave the “Aint I A Woman” Speech
  24. Davis or Bassett
  25. First African American Woman to win a Gold medal in Gymnastics
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  1. First Black Surgeon to serve on the American Board of Surgery
  2. First African American Secretary of State
  3. First Black man to win at the US Open and Wimbledon
  4. Poet and Leader of the Harlem Renaissance
  5. Last name of the first African American woman to be Secretary of State
  6. Boxing Greats Leonard or Robinson
  7. Martin Luther’s Wife
  8. Author who wrote the saga “Roots”
  9. Singer/Actress who starred in “Cabin in the Sky”
  10. First African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal
  11. Assata or Tupac
  12. First black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor
  13. George Washington ______________
  14. Abolitionist born Araminta Ross, most know for work on the Underground Railroad
  15. Godfather of Soul James________
  16. “Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee”
  17. Last name of the first black athlete to cross color lines in International Tennis
  18. Co-Founded the Black Panther Party
  19. Last name of Tennis Sister’s Venus and Serena
  20. Singer/Songwriter who wrote “Four Women”
  21. First African American woman in Olympic history to become the individual All-Around Champion.
  22. Jordan or Jackson
  23. _____Parks who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  24. First name of Author who wrote “Beloved” & “The Bluest Eye”
  25. Boxing Great known as the “Brown Bomber”

50 Clues: Assata or Tupac • ______King Cole • Davis or Bassett • ___________Garvey • Jordan or Jackson • Civil Rights Leader • Martin Luther’s Wife • R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Singer • First Black President • Known as the Queen of Jazz • Stage name of Anna Mae Bullock • Godfather of Soul James________ • George Washington ______________ • Marvin who sings “Whats Goin On” • Boxing Greats Leonard or Robinson • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2023-12-08

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Alabama city for major demonstration against segregation _____
  2. "Good Trouble" civil and voting rights activist (Last name) _____
  3. State Black Wall Street is located ______
  4. Stage name of female rapper Dana Owens (Last name) _____
  5. Initials of the national organization founded on Lincoln's birthday
  6. Inventor of the 3-way traffic signal (Last name)_____
  7. First AA woman US Supreme Court justice (2 words) _____
  8. Shirley Jackson's telecommunications research produced call waiting and _____ ID.
  9. Initials of organization for non-violent protests _____
  10. Dancer/choreographer, founded dance company in 1957 (Last name) _____
  11. NASA Scientist Valerie Thomas inventor of _____ technology (3 words)
  12. Travel guide for African Americans published 1936-1966 (2 words) _____
  13. In 2021, what historical event became federally recognized? _____
  14. Black pilots who flew during WWII _____
  15. First African American appointed Supreme Court Justice (Last name) _____
  16. State with the most Black institutions of higher learning _____
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  1. Meredith Gourdine invented the method of converting gas into _____
  2. Civil rights activist, 2013 Presidential Medal of Honor (Last name) _____
  3. Historian who created Black History Month (Last name) _____
  4. Jackie Robinson - first African American to play major league _____
  5. Shipping company owned and operated entirely by blacks _____
  6. Author of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" (Last name) _____
  7. Practice of denying people the right to vote _____
  8. Rapper who won a Pulitzer Prize (Last name) _____
  9. First Black woman elected to US Congress _____
  10. First African American woman to win a Grammy Award (2 words) _____
  11. Informal system that helped enslaved persons escape to the North. Undergound _____
  12. First Black self-made millionaire (Last name)_____
  13. First African American woman to go to space _____
  14. Founder of the National Council of Negro Women in 1935 (Last name) _____
  15. First African American to win a Nobel Prize in physics (2 words) _____
  16. Ida B. Wells lost her teaching job for refusing to give up her _____
  17. Otis Boykin invented the unit for the artificial _____ stimulator
  18. In 1967, the US legalized interracial______
  19. Gordon Parks, first African American to direct a major _____

35 Clues: Black pilots who flew during WWII _____ • State Black Wall Street is located ______ • In 1967, the US legalized interracial______ • First Black woman elected to US Congress _____ • Rapper who won a Pulitzer Prize (Last name) _____ • First African American woman to go to space _____ • Practice of denying people the right to vote _____ • ...

It's Black History Month- 2024-02-10

It's Black History Month- crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Griot tradition
  2. Portuguese influence
  3. Nile River
  4. Land of a thousand hills
  5. Capital: Luanda
  6. Africa Apartheid
  7. Namib Desert
  8. North African country
  9. Carthage
  10. Maasai Mara
  11. Mount Kilimanjaro
  12. Cradle of humankind
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  1. Gold Coast
  2. Lake Victoria
  3. Most populous African country
  4. Largest island nation
  5. Diverse wildlife
  6. Victoria Falls
  7. Atlas Mountains
  8. Great Zimbabwe
  9. Okavango Delta
  10. Timbuktu
  11. Ancient pyramids
  12. Coast Largest basilica

24 Clues: Timbuktu • Carthage • Gold Coast • Nile River • Maasai Mara • Namib Desert • Lake Victoria • Victoria Falls • Great Zimbabwe • Okavango Delta • Griot tradition • Atlas Mountains • Capital: Luanda • Diverse wildlife • Africa Apartheid • Ancient pyramids • Mount Kilimanjaro • Cradle of humankind • Portuguese influence • Largest island nation • North African country • Coast Largest basilica • ...

Black History Month 2024 2024-01-22

Black History Month 2024 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a proverb: “it takes a(n) _______ to raise a child.”
  2. term meaning to succeed a struggle, which Revelation 11:12 reference this term with the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony
  3. “I have a dream” spokesperson.
  4. escaped slave to civil rights activist fighting for emancipation and black suffrage during the Civil War
  5. Texas holiday commemorating the end of slavery after the Civil War
  6. a popular hairstyle worn by African Americans in the 1960s and 1970s and combed with a pick.
  7. Bridges the first African American child who attended an all-white school called William Frantz Elementary School
  8. traditional music introduced by Thomas Dorsey, first blues and jazz, then with Scriptural reference that inspired old-fashioned hymns and modern-day praise & worship
  9. color for royal and Alice Walker’s most famous novel
  10. Parks full name of the lady refused to give up her seat
  11. New York neighborhood where the Golden Age and Renaissance of African American began, such as music and arts.
  12. Mark Phillips and Johnathan Newton are a part of entertainment group who host DreamCon and produce funny skits with anime.
  13. YouTuber’s slogan: “What’s good y’all? Welcome back…!”
  14. named meaning “exalted” in Arabic, an artist who described a man if he’s “that somebody.”
  15. the last name of the first Black woman to win a Oscar
  16. a unisex hairstyle twisting and braiding hair…you’re dreading the process if your mother and grandmother did this to your hair growing up.
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  1. a Disney movie about a jazz musician
  2. type of rapping using your mouth—Doug E. Fresh is famous for it.
  3. Mufusa’s actor last and the Temptations’ song
  4. the Black private detective starring Richard Roundtree: John _____
  5. poet and novelist who discovered why the caged bird sings
  6. Train a 1971 music show featuring African-American music with the host, Don Cornelius
  7. last name of the first African American self-made millionaire and the author of the novel, Color Purple
  8. an instrument used by Lester Young and Grover Washington Jr.
  9. theme of 1 Corinthians 13
  10. Shack Ernie Barnes’ 1976 masterpiece, which featured in Marvin Gaye’s album, I Want You and the end credits of the sitcom Good Times during the 1970s.
  11. Lawson full name of the first African American gamer and engineer, designing the Fairchild Channel F.
  12. The R in R&B stands for
  13. last name of a gardener, scientist, and inventor, sometimes confused with the 1st US President because of his first and middle name
  14. a noun meaning to evoke power over one’s own rights or to perform duties, especially for women, African Americans, and other minority groups.
  15. author’s first name who played in Black Panther and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  16. Africa’s holiday during Christmas
  17. place where trains run, or an underground network Tubman used to free and escort slaves to freedom.
  18. last name of a poet who wrote “A Dream Deferred.”
  19. city where nonviolent activists walked on Edmund Pettus Bridge to protest and protect African Americans’ right to vote.

35 Clues: The R in R&B stands for • theme of 1 Corinthians 13 • “I have a dream” spokesperson. • Africa’s holiday during Christmas • a Disney movie about a jazz musician • Mufusa’s actor last and the Temptations’ song • last name of a poet who wrote “A Dream Deferred.” • a proverb: “it takes a(n) _______ to raise a child.” • color for royal and Alice Walker’s most famous novel • ...

Black History Month 2024 2024-01-22

Black History Month 2024 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. place where trains run, or an underground network Tubman used to free and escort slaves to freedom.
  2. term meaning to succeed a struggle, which Revelation 11:12 reference this term with the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony
  3. escaped slave to civil rights activist fighting for emancipation and black suffrage during the Civil War
  4. a popular hairstyle worn by African Americans in the 1960s and 1970s and combed with a pick.
  5. Parks full name of the lady refused to give up her seat
  6. traditional music introduced by Thomas Dorsey, first blues and jazz, then with Scriptural reference that inspired old-fashioned hymns and modern-day praise & worship.
  7. Africa’s holiday during Christmas
  8. New York neighborhood where the Golden Age and Renaissance of African American began, such as music and arts.
  9. Mark Phillips and Johnathan Newton are a part of entertainment group who host DreamCon and produce funny skits about anime.
  10. city where nonviolent activists walked on Edmund Pettus Bridge to protest and protect African Americans’ right to vote.
  11. YouTuber’s slogan: “What’s good y’all? Welcome back…!”
  12. named meaning “exalted” in Arabic, an artist who described a man as if he’s “that somebody” for her.
  13. first African American child who attended an all-white school called William Frantz Elementary School
  14. a 1971 music show featuring African American music with the host, Don Cornelius
  15. color for royal and Alice Walker’s most famous novel
  16. Texas holiday commemorating the end of slavery after the Civil War
Down
  1. type of rapping using your mouth—Doug E. Fresh is famous for it.
  2. Mufusa’s actor last and the Temptations’ song
  3. poet and novelist who discovered why the caged bird sings
  4. a unisex hairstyle twisting and braiding hair…you’re dreading the process if your mother and grandmother did this to your hair growing up.
  5. last name of the first African American self-made millionaire and the author of the novel, Color Purple
  6. a Disney movie about a jazz musician
  7. Lawson – full name of the first African American gamer and engineer, designing the Fairchild Channel F.
  8. an instrument used by Lester Young and Grover Washington Jr.
  9. theme of 1 Corinthians 13 and Jesus' greatest commandment
  10. Shack- Ernie Barnes’ 1976 masterpiece, which featured in Marvin Gaye’s album, I Want You and the end credits of the sitcom Good Times during the 1970s.
  11. the Black private detective starring Richard Roundtree: John _____
  12. a gardener and scientist
  13. “I have a dream” spokesperson
  14. a noun meaning to evoke power over one’s own rights or to perform duties, especially for women, African Americans, and other minority groups.
  15. author’s first name who played in Black Panther and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  16. the last name of the first Black woman to win an Oscar
  17. a proverb: “it takes a(n) _______ to raise a child.”
  18. last name of a poet who wrote “A Dream Deferred.”
  19. The R in R&B stands for

35 Clues: The R in R&B stands for • a gardener and scientist • “I have a dream” spokesperson • Africa’s holiday during Christmas • a Disney movie about a jazz musician • Mufusa’s actor last and the Temptations’ song • last name of a poet who wrote “A Dream Deferred.” • a proverb: “it takes a(n) _______ to raise a child.” • color for royal and Alice Walker’s most famous novel • ...

Black history month: Watermelon 2024-02-15

Black history month: Watermelon crossword puzzle
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  1. Symbol of resilience and community, often associated with negative stereotypes.
  2. overcoming stereotypes about watermelons and challenges to remain a cherished symbol of community and tradition
  3. Historically used in derogatory stereotypes, yet a symbol of perseverance and cultural pride.
  4. System of farming prevalent after the Civil War where African Americans often grew watermelons on rented land
  5. nourishing produce that is often used in cultural celebrations and gatherings
  6. the month where black history is celebrated
  7. tiny plant found in the juicy flesh of a fruit associated with cultural symbolism and historical significance
  8. shared traditions and values within African American communities, exemplified by the significance of watermelon in cultural celebrations and gatherings
  9. rights Movement advocating for equal rights and opportunities for African Americans, including the right to enjoy watermelon without being stereotyped
  10. The transformation and adaptation of watermelon's cultural significance over time within African American communities
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  1. unfair treatment based on race and practices such as associating African Americans with watermelon stereotypes
  2. provides convenience and accessibility while maintaining the fruit's cultural significance within African American traditions
  3. Symbol of cultural heritage and resilience within African American communities
  4. The rich cultural significance and representation of community, heritage, and resilience embodied by watermelon within African American culture
  5. Negative portrayals and assumptions historically associated with African Americans and watermelon
  6. sensation experienced when consuming watermelon
  7. often enjoyed in traditional dishes and celebrations, symbolizing resilience and connection to heritage.
  8. Refreshing and juicy fruit often served as a sweet finale to meals
  9. The cultivation and agricultural practice of growing watermelon
  10. Season when watermelons are typically harvested, enjoyed, and celebrated in African American culture, often associated with outdoor gatherings and family reunions

20 Clues: the month where black history is celebrated • sensation experienced when consuming watermelon • The cultivation and agricultural practice of growing watermelon • Refreshing and juicy fruit often served as a sweet finale to meals • nourishing produce that is often used in cultural celebrations and gatherings • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2023-02-25

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Helped slaves escape via the Underground Railroad
  2. First American slave to have work published
  3. Famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech
  4. Led the "Harlem Renaissance"
  5. Once said, “We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us.”
  6. First female African-American Secretary of State
  7. Passed the Affordable Care Act
  8. First African-American Secretary of State
  9. The first African-American woman to star in a motion picture
  10. Founded the "Black Star Line"
  11. "King of the Blues"
  12. Went to trial to sue for his freedom
  13. Founded the Tuskegee Airmen
  14. Known as "The Peanut Man"
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  1. Journalist who campaigned against lynching
  2. Wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  3. Famous for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus
  4. Wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
  5. Founder of Tuskegee University
  6. The first African-American to earn a Ph. D. from Harvard

20 Clues: "King of the Blues" • Known as "The Peanut Man" • Founded the Tuskegee Airmen • Led the "Harlem Renaissance" • Founded the "Black Star Line" • Passed the Affordable Care Act • Founder of Tuskegee University • Wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God" • Went to trial to sue for his freedom • Famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech • Wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2023-02-25

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. First female African-American Secretary of State
  2. Founded the Tuskegee Airmen
  3. Passed the Affordable Care Act
  4. Journalist who campaigned against lynching
  5. Wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  6. First American slave to have work published
  7. Famous for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus
  8. Famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech
  9. Went to trial to sue for his freedom
  10. The first African-American woman to star in a motion picture
  11. Founder of Tuskegee University
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  1. Helped slaves escape via the Underground Railroad
  2. First African-American Secretary of State
  3. Known as "The Peanut Man"
  4. Wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
  5. "King of the Blues"
  6. Founded the "Black Star Line"
  7. Led the "Harlem Renaissance"
  8. Once said, “We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us.”
  9. The first African-American to earn a Ph. D. from Harvard

20 Clues: "King of the Blues" • Known as "The Peanut Man" • Founded the Tuskegee Airmen • Led the "Harlem Renaissance" • Founded the "Black Star Line" • Passed the Affordable Care Act • Founder of Tuskegee University • Wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God" • Went to trial to sue for his freedom • Famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech • Wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" • ...

Black History Month Facts 2024-02-27

Black History Month Facts crossword puzzle
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  1. who was the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
  2. who used the network of the Underground Railroad.
  3. who became the first African-American woman to travel into space
  4. who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement
  5. who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism
  6. who was an investigative journalist, and early leader in the civil rights movement
  7. who was the winner of the National Medal of Technology
  8. who was best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
Down
  1. who published his first book in 1845.
  2. who served in the United States House of Representatives
  3. who made different uses for peanuts
  4. who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S
  5. who was an American singer and actress
  6. who was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist
  7. whose mathematician calculations were critical to the success of the subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
  8. who was an American bass-baritone concert artist
  9. who was an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement
  10. who was responsible for the development of Tuskegee University in
  11. who was an American professional boxer and activist.
  12. who was an American surgeon and medical researcher

20 Clues: who made different uses for peanuts • who published his first book in 1845. • who was an American singer and actress • who was an American bass-baritone concert artist • who used the network of the Underground Railroad. • who was an American surgeon and medical researcher • who was an American professional boxer and activist. • ...

Black History Month Woodworkers 2023-01-31

Black History Month Woodworkers crossword puzzle
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  1. Henry Boyd discovered that boiling water would prevent this disease.
  2. In Hugh Handen’s exhibition, he uses mesquite wood. Texans consider mesquite as an undesirable _________ species.
  3. Henry Boyd was born a _______.
  4. In what state did Thomas Day have his woodworking business?
  5. What is Alison Moses’ approach in understanding connections between things?
  6. Where did Hugh Hayden study to be an architect?
  7. What did Alison Moses first major in?
  8. Thomas Day’s father was a________ and a cabinet maker.
  9. This is what Henry Boyd got his patent for.
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  1. Alison Moses encourages people to do this to her artwork.
  2. What type of wood/tree does Hugh Hayden use in his sculptures?
  3. What is the name of Hugh Handen’s exhibition in New York City?
  4. What was Char Miller-kings first project that got her starting in woodworking?
  5. Henry Boyd’s residence was the #1 stop on the underground _______ in Ohio.
  6. This is where Henry Boyd owned his business.
  7. The organization where Char Miller King got her start
  8. Char Miller King is known as the _______.
  9. Henry Boyd had a talent for this. It is how he purchased his freedom.
  10. This in the name of the posts that Thomas Day carved in North Carolina.
  11. Char Miller-King refers to herself as a ___________in a career field dominated by white men.
  12. What clothing brand sponsors Char Miller King
  13. Thomas Day bought slaves in order to _______ them.

22 Clues: Henry Boyd was born a _______. • What did Alison Moses first major in? • Char Miller King is known as the _______. • This is what Henry Boyd got his patent for. • This is where Henry Boyd owned his business. • What clothing brand sponsors Char Miller King • Where did Hugh Hayden study to be an architect? • Thomas Day bought slaves in order to _______ them. • ...

Black History Month Figures 2025-02-10

Black History Month Figures crossword puzzle
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  1. an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017 and was the first Black president
  2. American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968
  3. American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
  4. an American playwright whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway.
  5. likely the first Black person in the U.S. to receive a patent. In 1821, he was granted a patent for “dry scouring,” a method for cleaning clothes that preceded modern-day dry cleaning.
  6. American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. Walker is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America in the Guinness Book of World Records
  7. challenged gender stereotypes in American fiction, white privilege in their narratives, and racism in her profession. She helped reshape the genre of science fiction by offering grounded, naturalistic stories
  8. singer, dancer, actress, composer, and Hollywood's first female black director, but became most famous as a writer, editor, essayist, playwright, and poet, and civil rights activist
  9. The most important leader of the movement for African American civil rights in the 19th century. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York, during which he gained fame for his oratory and incisive antislavery writings
  10. earned acclaim as a Black poet, and historians recognize her as one of the first Black and enslaved persons in the United States to publish a book of poems
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  1. author, educator, orator, philanthropist, he founded in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1881 Tuskegee University
  2. American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957.
  3. invented a device to heat homes more efficiently and safely using natural gas, which became one of the precursors for the development of the modern HVAC system.
  4. African-American author, feminist, and social activist. Her writing focused on the interconnectivity of race, class, and gender and their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and domination.
  5. an African-American writer and civil rights activist who garnered acclaim for his essays, novels, plays, and poems.
  6. civil rights activist, married to Dr. MLk Jr., founding the MLK Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
  7. an American political activist, professor, and author who was an active member in the Communist Party and the Black Panther Party.
  8. American inventor and patent draftsman. His inventions included an evaporative air conditioner, an improved process for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric light bulbs, and an improved toilet system for railroad cars
  9. led the successful peaceful sit-ins to desegregate lunch counters starting in 1960 and co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
  10. American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur, best known for inventing the bestselling Super Soaker water gun in 1989
  11. discovered and invented a new device and technique for cataract surgery known as laserphaco

21 Clues: American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. • discovered and invented a new device and technique for cataract surgery known as laserphaco • author, educator, orator, philanthropist, he founded in Tuskegee, Alabama, in 1881 Tuskegee University • ...

Black History Month 2024-02-15

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. African American scientist who invented over 300 uses for peanuts: George ____
  2. The first African American to play in Major League Baseball: Jackie ____
  3. Famous African American poet known for her work during the Harlem Renaissance: Langston
  4. African American author of "Their Eyes Were Watching God": Zora ____ Hurston
  5. The famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr.: "I Have a ____"
  6. Landmark Supreme Court case that ended segregation in schools: Brown v. Board of ____
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  1. The first African American Supreme Court Justice: Thurgood ____
  2. First African American woman to become a billionaire: ____ Winfrey
  3. Civil rights activist known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement": Rosa ____
  4. Underground network that helped enslaved individuals escape to freedom: ____ Railroad
  5. African American holiday celebrated in February: ____ History Month
  6. The first African American to serve as President of the United States: Barack ____
  7. Civil rights leader and founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference: ____ Abernathy

13 Clues: The famous speech by Martin Luther King Jr.: "I Have a ____" • The first African American Supreme Court Justice: Thurgood ____ • First African American woman to become a billionaire: ____ Winfrey • African American holiday celebrated in February: ____ History Month • The first African American to play in Major League Baseball: Jackie ____ • ...

Black history month 2024-02-23

Black history month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. into slavery, Booker T. Washington overcame many barriers that were blocking him from getting an education.
  2. Douglass taught himself to read and write at a young age. After escaping slavery, he became an author, public speaker, and prominent leader of the abolitionist movement.
  3. Harris is the vice president today she is one of the first afircan american woman to be vice president.
  4. Parks was a civil rights activist in Alabama and the secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
  5. Winfrey is a famous television producer and personality, philanthropist, and author. She is the first African American woman to have her very own television production company.
  6. a player for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was the first African American professional baseball player in U.S. Major League Baseball.
  7. West is one of the most successful music artist today he has won 4 grammys and is has one of the most listened to songs.
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  1. Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the very first African American president.
  2. of the most well-known civil rights leaders. was a Baptist minister and activist who fought against racial inequality Martin Luther King Jr.
  3. Evers was a World War II veteran and Civil Rights leader. He was the NAACP’s first field officer in Mississippi.
  4. Ali was one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He was an Olympic gold medalist and the first fighter to win the world heavyweight title three times.
  5. Harvey is a game show host he is from "the hood" of his city he grew up and decided he was gonna escape the hood so now he is a multi-millionare.
  6. first African-American woman elected to serve in Congress in 1968, Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman to seek the U.S. presidential nomination from a major party.

13 Clues: Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the very first African American president. • Harris is the vice president today she is one of the first afircan american woman to be vice president. • into slavery, Booker T. Washington overcame many barriers that were blocking him from getting an education. • ...

Black History Month 2020-01-02

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A famous abolitionist who wrote many books describing his life through slavery
  2. Scored 100 points in a single NBA game
  3. Refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man
  4. Co-founder of the NAACP
  5. Founded one of the first African American schools in Tuskegee, Alabama
  6. Known as the "Moses of her people" she led over 300 slaves to freedom
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  1. The king of pop
  2. Wrote the famous "I Have A Dream" speech
  3. First African American in baseball
  4. R.E.S.P.E.C.T Singer
  5. The African American woman poet who wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
  6. Famous poet and Harlem Renaissance leader who wrote "Harlem"
  7. The greatest boxer of all time

13 Clues: The king of pop • R.E.S.P.E.C.T Singer • Co-founder of the NAACP • The greatest boxer of all time • First African American in baseball • Scored 100 points in a single NBA game • Wrote the famous "I Have A Dream" speech • Refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man • Famous poet and Harlem Renaissance leader who wrote "Harlem" • ...

Black History Month 2023-02-28

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. "Get On Up" is the name of his biopic
  2. The name of the song Elvis stole
  3. Louis Armstrong played this instrument
  4. Beyonce's husband
  5. How old was Michael Jackson when the Jackson 5 formed?
  6. Jimi Hendrix performed this song at Woodstock
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  1. She drowned in a bathtub
  2. Lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish
  3. Like Stevie Wonder, he was blind
  4. Michael Jackson opened this theme park
  5. His name has two Gs in it
  6. She has five children
  7. A renaissance took place here

13 Clues: Beyonce's husband • She has five children • She drowned in a bathtub • His name has two Gs in it • A renaissance took place here • Like Stevie Wonder, he was blind • The name of the song Elvis stole • "Get On Up" is the name of his biopic • Lead singer of Hootie and the Blowfish • Michael Jackson opened this theme park • Louis Armstrong played this instrument • ...

Black History Month 2023-02-21

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Who said "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
  2. Who said, "if there is no struggle, there is no progress"
  3. Who said, "Life is not a spectator sport"
  4. As a student at the Baltimore School of Performing Arts, rapper took these classes
  5. When did Rosa Parks' bus boycott happen
  6. Members of this labor union helped to build the nation's black middle class & civil rights movement
  7. Madam C.J. Walker became America's first female, self-made millionaire. What product did her company sell
Down
  1. What state was the first to elect a black governor
  2. What was Muhammad Ali's original name
  3. Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  4. Which city is known as the birthplace of hip hop
  5. First African American Nobel Peace Prize winner
  6. Which president officially recognized Black History Month
  7. Who was the first African American major league baseball player

14 Clues: What was Muhammad Ali's original name • When did Rosa Parks' bus boycott happen • Who said, "Life is not a spectator sport" • First African American Nobel Peace Prize winner • Which city is known as the birthplace of hip hop • What state was the first to elect a black governor • Who said, "if there is no struggle, there is no progress" • ...

Black History Month 2023-01-31

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A black civil rights activist who wanted to attend an all-white school
  2. An escape slave from New England who was killed in the Boston Massacre
  3. He invented the traffic light and the gas mask
  4. A writer and story-teller whose insight influenceed many scholars
  5. Who is an African American civil rights activist that was a significant figure in Islam?
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  1. An entrepreneur who created her own hair product after loss of her hair
  2. Who invented products with peanuts and sweet potatoes?
  3. An escaped slave who made "The Underground Railroad" to help free slaves from the plantation they are working on
  4. Self-taught, free, Black mathematician, writer, surveyor, and inventor instremental in the nations capital
  5. Who was the first black MLB player?
  6. A playright, poet, novelist, and contributor to the Harlem Renaissance
  7. A dressmaker from AL who was arrested because she did not give up her seat to a white man on the bus
  8. An African American organization made to promote civil rights in the US

13 Clues: Who was the first black MLB player? • He invented the traffic light and the gas mask • Who invented products with peanuts and sweet potatoes? • A writer and story-teller whose insight influenceed many scholars • A black civil rights activist who wanted to attend an all-white school • A playright, poet, novelist, and contributor to the Harlem Renaissance • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-04

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Foxx, Actor who portrayed Ray charles and won an Oscar for his performance
  2. Williams, won 23 major tennis titles, more than anyone
  3. Tubman, leader of the underground railroad
  4. Parks, Pivotal Role in the Montgomery bus boycott
  5. CEO of the most diverse makeup brand
  6. Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball
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  1. T Washington, became the first teacher and principal at Tuskegee Institute
  2. first female rapper to go platinum
  3. Coleman, first licensed black pilot in the world
  4. first billionaire rapper
  5. Ali, three time heavyweight boxing champion
  6. CJ Walker, First black woman millionaire by creating a line of cosmetics
  7. X, Muslim minister and human rights activist

13 Clues: first billionaire rapper • first female rapper to go platinum • CEO of the most diverse makeup brand • Tubman, leader of the underground railroad • Ali, three time heavyweight boxing champion • X, Muslim minister and human rights activist • Coleman, first licensed black pilot in the world • Parks, Pivotal Role in the Montgomery bus boycott • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-24

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first African American President
  2. she refused to give up her seat at the age of 15
  3. first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB)
  4. famous artist that created collages
  5. wrote the famous speech that starts with "I have a dream"
  6. key figure during Harlem Renaissance who used music in his poems
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  1. she is a brilliant mathematician who worked for NASA
  2. first self made female millionaire selling hair care products for African American women
  3. famous woman poet
  4. first African American woman to receive a patent for her cabinet bed
  5. city in New York where African Americans fled to
  6. started the underground railroad
  7. refused to give up her seat on the bus

13 Clues: famous woman poet • first African American President • started the underground railroad • famous artist that created collages • refused to give up her seat on the bus • city in New York where African Americans fled to • she refused to give up her seat at the age of 15 • she is a brilliant mathematician who worked for NASA • ...

Black History Month 2025-02-04

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The idea of celebrating Black achievements in 1926 started what was called Negro History week.
  2. Barack _________ was the first Black man to be elected president of the United States.
  3. Black History _________ became a nationally recognized event in 1976.
  4. Many Black people have faced a lot of unfair _________________ in their life because of the color of their skin.
  5. The United States is not the only ________ to celebrate Black History Month.
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  1. Many black people were in ________ schools before they began to allow races to mix.
  2. _________ is the month dedicated to celebrating Black history because it was the month that the NAACP was founded and the month of both Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln's birthday.
  3. The _________ renaissance cultural movement in the 1920's highlighted the achievements of Black people, mostly art, music, and books.
  4. Carter G. _________ is known as the father of Black History
  5. Abraham _________ passed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, but it did not free all slaves, only some.
  6. The ________ is a foundation made in 1909 to create justice for African Americans in the United States.

11 Clues: Carter G. _________ is known as the father of Black History • Black History _________ became a nationally recognized event in 1976. • The United States is not the only ________ to celebrate Black History Month. • Many black people were in ________ schools before they began to allow races to mix. • ...

Black History Month 2020-01-02

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Co-founder of the NAACP
  2. The king of pop
  3. Wrote the famous "I Have A Dream" speech
  4. Known as the "Moses of her people" she led over 300 slaves to freedom
  5. A famous abolitionist who wrote many books describing his life through slavery
  6. The African American woman poet who wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
  7. The greatest boxer of all time
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  1. Scored 100 points in a single NBA game
  2. First African American in baseball
  3. Founded one of the first African American schools in Tuskegee, AL
  4. R.E.S.P.E.C.T Singer
  5. Famous poet and Harlem Renaissance leader who wrote "Harlem"
  6. Refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man

13 Clues: The king of pop • R.E.S.P.E.C.T Singer • Co-founder of the NAACP • The greatest boxer of all time • First African American in baseball • Scored 100 points in a single NBA game • Wrote the famous "I Have A Dream" speech • Refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man • Famous poet and Harlem Renaissance leader who wrote "Harlem" • ...

Black History Month 2023-02-27

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. famous boxer who "floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee"
  2. baseball player, number "42"
  3. singer from Jamaica who says "don't worry about a thing"
  4. the young girl who integrated schools at 6 years old
  5. the conductor of the Underground Railroad
  6. an all-black team of pilots
Down
  1. the first black female astronaut in space
  2. a blind musician who sings "Superstition"
  3. basketball player, "the Mamba"
  4. singer from Georgia who sang "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"
  5. the King of Pop
  6. the fastest man a
  7. the civil rights activist who "had a dream"

13 Clues: the King of Pop • the fastest man a • an all-black team of pilots • baseball player, number "42" • basketball player, "the Mamba" • the first black female astronaut in space • a blind musician who sings "Superstition" • the conductor of the Underground Railroad • the civil rights activist who "had a dream" • the young girl who integrated schools at 6 years old • ...

Black history month 2024-02-23

Black history month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. into slavery, Booker T. Washington overcame many barriers that were blocking him from getting an education.
  2. Douglass taught himself to read and write at a young age. After escaping slavery, he became an author, public speaker, and prominent leader of the abolitionist movement.
  3. Harris is the vice president today she is one of the first afircan american woman to be vice president.
  4. Parks was a civil rights activist in Alabama and the secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
  5. Winfrey is a famous television producer and personality, philanthropist, and author. She is the first African American woman to have her very own television production company.
  6. a player for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was the first African American professional baseball player in U.S. Major League Baseball.
  7. West is one of the most successful music artist today he has won 4 grammys and is has one of the most listened to songs.
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  1. Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the very first African American president.
  2. of the most well-known civil rights leaders. was a Baptist minister and activist who fought against racial inequality Martin Luther King Jr.
  3. Evers was a World War II veteran and Civil Rights leader. He was the NAACP’s first field officer in Mississippi.
  4. Ali was one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He was an Olympic gold medalist and the first fighter to win the world heavyweight title three times.
  5. Harvey is a game show host he is from "the hood" of his city he grew up and decided he was gonna escape the hood so now he is a multi-millionare.
  6. first African-American woman elected to serve in Congress in 1968, Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman to seek the U.S. presidential nomination from a major party.

13 Clues: Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the very first African American president. • Harris is the vice president today she is one of the first afircan american woman to be vice president. • into slavery, Booker T. Washington overcame many barriers that were blocking him from getting an education. • ...

black history month 2024-02-28

black history month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Corner for the cowboys
  2. Basketball player for the lakers
  3. Has 6 finals rings
  4. Lebron is the scoring leader.
  5. Basketball big man for the lakers
  6. Actor for black panther
  7. Has 2 wwe belts
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  1. Michael Jackson, King of
  2. the first woman self-made millionaire
  3. Actor for creed
  4. grizzly
  5. rapper
  6. Basketball guard for the

13 Clues: rapper • grizzly • Actor for creed • Has 2 wwe belts • Has 6 finals rings • Corner for the cowboys • Actor for black panther • Michael Jackson, King of • Basketball guard for the • Lebron is the scoring leader. • Basketball player for the lakers • Basketball big man for the lakers • the first woman self-made millionaire

Black History Month 2025-03-05

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Founder & director of AADT
  2. Challenged segregation on interstates buses
  3. An activist that used peaceful protesting
  4. A famous tennis player
  5. Used self defense when necessary
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  1. A period of cultural and artistic expression
  2. A poet and social activist
  3. The first black child to attend an all-white school
  4. Nine black students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School
  5. A jazz singer/songwriter
  6. Included in the Great Migration
  7. Refused to get out of my seat when I was told to
  8. A track & field athlete

13 Clues: A famous tennis player • A track & field athlete • A jazz singer/songwriter • A poet and social activist • Founder & director of AADT • Included in the Great Migration • Used self defense when necessary • An activist that used peaceful protesting • Challenged segregation on interstates buses • A period of cultural and artistic expression • ...

Black History Month 2023-02-17

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. She was the first black first lady of the United States
  2. She escaped from slavery and then became a leader of the Underground Railroad
  3. She was the first black woman to travel to space
  4. Award-winning black author; wrote 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'
  5. She famously refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger
  6. He was the first black player to play in an NBA game
  7. Civil Rights leader who wrote the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech
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  1. This organization developed social programs called 'community survival programs'
  2. He was the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice
  3. He was the first black president of the United States
  4. He was the first black player in major league baseball; played on the Brooklyn Dodgers
  5. She was the first black female millionaire and invented straightening products for hair
  6. This month is known as Black History Month

13 Clues: This month is known as Black History Month • She was the first black woman to travel to space • He was the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice • He was the first black player to play in an NBA game • He was the first black president of the United States • She was the first black first lady of the United States • ...

Black History Month 2020-01-02

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Known as the "Moses of her people" she led over 300 slaves to freedom
  2. First African American in baseball
  3. A famous abolitionist who wrote many books describing his life through slavery
  4. Wrote the famous "I Have A Dream" speech
  5. Famous poet and Harlem Renaissance leader who wrote "Harlem"
  6. The African American woman poet who wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
Down
  1. The king of pop
  2. Co-founder of the NAACP
  3. Founded one of the first African American schools in Tuskegee, AL
  4. Scored 100 points in a single NBA game
  5. R.E.S.P.E.C.T Singer
  6. Refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man
  7. The greatest boxer of all time

13 Clues: The king of pop • R.E.S.P.E.C.T Singer • Co-founder of the NAACP • The greatest boxer of all time • First African American in baseball • Scored 100 points in a single NBA game • Wrote the famous "I Have A Dream" speech • Refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man • Famous poet and Harlem Renaissance leader who wrote "Harlem" • ...