black history month Crossword Puzzles

Black History Month 2022-02-23

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. When does Black History Month take place?
  2. Initials of non-violent civil rights leader
  3. 1800s book highlighting horrors of slavery
  4. Last name of 1st black Supreme Court Justice
  5. War between northern and southern states to end slavery
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  1. Abolitionists group in colonial times who are known to be the earliest group to have protested against slavery
  2. She refused to give up her seat on the bus.
  3. Inventor whose last name became synonymous with quality products
  4. Decade in which slavery was ended
  5. Most famous underground railroad conductor
  6. Laws that made it difficult or impossible for blacks to fully participate in American society and politics
  7. Bessie Coleman was the first licensed one of these

12 Clues: Decade in which slavery was ended • When does Black History Month take place? • Most famous underground railroad conductor • 1800s book highlighting horrors of slavery • She refused to give up her seat on the bus. • Initials of non-violent civil rights leader • Last name of 1st black Supreme Court Justice • Bessie Coleman was the first licensed one of these • ...

Black History Month 2023-01-17

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Madam _________ born 1867, entrepneur, philanthropist, political/social activist became the first female self-made millionaire in America.
  2. 1967, the ban on ____________ marriage ended because of Mildred and Richard Loving's Supreme Court Case.
  3. Bayard Rustin, born 1912, civil/human rights activist advocating nonviolence. Being gay,worked behind the scenes avoiding criticism.In 1980's he became an_____ activist. Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  4. In 1864, ___________ became the 1st black woman physician in the U.S.
  5. In 1995, Octavia E. Butler became the 1st ____________ writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship
  6. In 1721, __________a slave is credited with bringing knowledge of "provoking an immune response" for smallpox that set the stage for vaccination.
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  1. 1921,_____ became the 1st black female pilot. She wasn't accepted by American flight schools because she was a black woman. So she learned French and went to France to flight school.
  2. 1917, Eugen Bullard became the 1st black American to become a _________pilot
  3. In 1909, __________ was a key member of the 1st successful expedition to the North Pole.
  4. March 29, 2022 Emmett Till Antilynching Act passed and was signed into ______ making lynching a Federal hate crime.
  5. In 1875, James Augustine Healy was appointed Catholic ______ of Portland, Maine. He was the 1st black person to serve as a Catholic Priest or Bishop.
  6. In 1862 Nathaniel Gordon of _______, Maine became the only slave trader tried,convicted,and executed for being engaged in slave trade.

12 Clues: In 1864, ___________ became the 1st black woman physician in the U.S. • 1917, Eugen Bullard became the 1st black American to become a _________pilot • In 1909, __________ was a key member of the 1st successful expedition to the North Pole. • In 1995, Octavia E. Butler became the 1st ____________ writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship • ...

Black History Month 2024-02-01

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. a famous Black actress
  2. Carter Woods is considered the father of this
  3. Americas first what was invented by a Black person
  4. type of chair invented by a black person
  5. what Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglass worked to end
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  1. Last name of the first Black president
  2. the group that protected Black neighborhoods
  3. the month when black history is celebrated
  4. A famous Black singer, she sang “Single Ladies”
  5. The woman who did not give up her seat on the bus
  6. last name of a famous activist in the 50’s and 60’s
  7. the ideas and customs that define a group of people

12 Clues: a famous Black actress • Last name of the first Black president • type of chair invented by a black person • the month when black history is celebrated • the group that protected Black neighborhoods • Carter Woods is considered the father of this • A famous Black singer, she sang “Single Ladies” • The woman who did not give up her seat on the bus • ...

Black History Month 2024-02-15

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Spoke out about racism
  2. He fought against racism
  3. He had 150 wins
  4. First african american manager for Nasa
  5. She refused to move to the back of the bus
  6. Women's health care
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  1. He was the first African american to play professional baseball
  2. First African american for president
  3. First african american to play professional football
  4. She freed 300 slaves
  5. She made hair products for black Woman
  6. He wrote books about civil rights

12 Clues: He had 150 wins • Women's health care • She freed 300 slaves • Spoke out about racism • He fought against racism • He wrote books about civil rights • First African american for president • She made hair products for black Woman • First african american manager for Nasa • She refused to move to the back of the bus • First african american to play professional football • ...

Black History Month 2024-02-23

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Black Panther
  2. By any means necessary
  3. President
  4. Poet "Caged Bird Sings"
  5. Refused to give up her seat on a bus
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  1. Jazz singer Ella
  2. Broke the color barrier in baseball
  3. My girl
  4. Attended integrated school at a young age
  5. Separate
  6. Muhammed Ali's birth name
  7. I have a dream

12 Clues: My girl • Separate • President • Black Panther • I have a dream • Jazz singer Ella • By any means necessary • Poet "Caged Bird Sings" • Muhammed Ali's birth name • Broke the color barrier in baseball • Refused to give up her seat on a bus • Attended integrated school at a young age

Black History Month Crossword Puzzle 2024-02-05

Black History Month Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. A significant movement of African American art, music, literature, and theatre
  2. American memorist and poet; Author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  3. One of the top HBCUs for theatre programs
  4. Invented a collapsible, folding bed
  5. Most known Black Poet during the Harlem Renaissance
  6. Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  7. The first writer to capture the African American experience before a broader audience.
  8. The Global Positioning System was created due to her technology development
  9. Patented in July 1889 by Washington A. Martin
  10. President who established Black History Month
  11. African American dressmaker who invented the ironing board
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  1. The oldest HBCU founded in 1837
  2. The first African American female principal dancer
  3. Type of product created by Annie Turnbo
  4. 2024 Black History Month Theme
  5. Artist who created a 60-panel series depicting the Great Migration
  6. African American cuisine
  7. Patented by Lyda Newman
  8. Invented the shampoo headrest
  9. Jazz pianist and composer; Born Edward Kennedy Ellington in 1899

20 Clues: Patented by Lyda Newman • African American cuisine • Invented the shampoo headrest • 2024 Black History Month Theme • The oldest HBCU founded in 1837 • Invented a collapsible, folding bed • Type of product created by Annie Turnbo • One of the top HBCUs for theatre programs • Historically Black Colleges and Universities • Patented in July 1889 by Washington A. Martin • ...

Black History Month Music 2021-02-16

Black History Month Music crossword puzzle
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  1. 12-___ blues
  2. make it up as you go
  3. music with slow, sad lyrics
  4. Wade in the _____
  5. Mahalia _______, singer of spirituals
  6. Scott _________, Ragtime composer
  7. jazz instrument
  8. popular American music
  9. Louis ________, most famous jazz musician
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  1. fast music, created by Scott Joplin
  2. Secret _____ are found in spirituals
  3. Bass line in ragtime
  4. ______ Fit the Battle of Jericho,
  5. style of rhythms in jazz
  6. popular instrument in ragtime
  7. music that is religious and sung
  8. Bessie _____, Empress of the Blues

17 Clues: 12-___ blues • jazz instrument • Wade in the _____ • Bass line in ragtime • make it up as you go • popular American music • style of rhythms in jazz • music with slow, sad lyrics • popular instrument in ragtime • music that is religious and sung • ______ Fit the Battle of Jericho, • Scott _________, Ragtime composer • Bessie _____, Empress of the Blues • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2024-02-21

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. First black woman to own her own production company.
  2. Best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  3. “Queen Bey”
  4. First black woman to win an Olympic gold medal
  5. Played fifteen seasons in National Basketball Association between 1984 and 2003
  6. First African American child to attend a whites only elementary school.
  7. Born into slavery in Swaterkill
  8. “I have a dream”
  9. Father of the abolitionist movement.
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  1. First black female in Congress.
  2. First black woman to travel into space
  3. The first to lead an armed military raid.
  4. First black woman director in Hollywood.
  5. One of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people.
  6. African American agricultural scientist and inventor.
  7. First African American Supreme Court Justice.
  8. First African American women to hold a pilot license

17 Clues: “Queen Bey” • “I have a dream” • First black female in Congress. • Born into slavery in Swaterkill • Father of the abolitionist movement. • First black woman to travel into space • First black woman director in Hollywood. • The first to lead an armed military raid. • First African American Supreme Court Justice. • First black woman to win an Olympic gold medal • ...

BLACK HISTORY 2023-02-07

BLACK HISTORY crossword puzzle
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  1. Orator and writer
  2. First to host a TV Show
  3. Graduate from Yale and became 1st female judge
  4. First to win a Grammy
  5. President declared Feb as Black History Month
  6. Black History started as History Week
  7. First black male to win an Oscar
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  1. Has a degree in cosmetology
  2. It was celebrated between birthdays of President
  3. 1st black female to receive a medical degree in
  4. First state to ban slavery
  5. First black woman to win an Oscar

12 Clues: Orator and writer • First to win a Grammy • First to host a TV Show • First state to ban slavery • Has a degree in cosmetology • First black male to win an Oscar • First black woman to win an Oscar • Black History started as History Week • President declared Feb as Black History Month • Graduate from Yale and became 1st female judge • ...

Black History Month & Me 2022-02-08

Black History Month & Me crossword puzzle
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  1. the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc
  2. MILLION MAN
  3. withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
  4. Opposite of Oppression
  5. he policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change
  6. all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation
  7. An example of this is a landlord who refuses to allow a person with a certain disability to rent an apartment because the other tenants do not want to have a neighbor with that disability.
  8. the ability to act or change without constraint
  9. War, war in the United States fought between the Union and the Confederacy
  10. a system of stratification in which one person owns another
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  1. separation of groups of people with differing characteristics, often taken to connote a condition of inequality
  2. a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence
  3. Joan BAEZ song "We Shall
  4. all people should have equal access to wealth, health, well-being, justice, privileges, and opportunity
  5. movement, a loosely organized but sustained campaign in support of a social goal
  6. the act or instance of making or becoming different.
  7. complaint objection

17 Clues: MILLION MAN • complaint objection • Opposite of Oppression • Joan BAEZ song "We Shall • the ability to act or change without constraint • the act or instance of making or becoming different. • a system of stratification in which one person owns another • War, war in the United States fought between the Union and the Confederacy • ...

Black History Month Recognition 2022-02-10

Black History Month Recognition crossword puzzle
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  1. "float like a ____" Muhammad
  2. Famous Obama
  3. Du Boise, one founder of NAACP
  4. Lead singer of all time best-selling girls group
  5. Activist, author, and public speaker born in Feb. 1818
  6. 4 time gold medalist in Berlin
  7. Hosted weekly shows with over 46 million viewers
  8. First African American Appointed to the US Supreme Court
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  1. "Their Eyes Were Watching God" Author Zora Neale
  2. "Hate cannot drive out hate; only ___ can do that." -MLK
  3. LA Lakers player 1996-2016
  4. Jackie Robinson team name
  5. Father of North
  6. Great jazz singer raised in Baltimore, MD
  7. Month celebrating Black History
  8. Langston who wrote poems, novels, short stories, and plays
  9. Chicago Bulls player

17 Clues: Famous Obama • Father of North • Chicago Bulls player • Jackie Robinson team name • LA Lakers player 1996-2016 • "float like a ____" Muhammad • Du Boise, one founder of NAACP • 4 time gold medalist in Berlin • Month celebrating Black History • Great jazz singer raised in Baltimore, MD • "Their Eyes Were Watching God" Author Zora Neale • ...

Black History Month #2 2023-02-17

Black History Month #2 crossword puzzle
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  1. won an oscar for the film "Training Day" (last name)
  2. first black U.S. president
  3. Drake is from this country
  4. nickname is "Air"
  5. nickname of football great Walter Payton
  6. Dwayne the "Rock" Johnson was born in ____, CA
  7. star of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"
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  1. Kevin Hart was born in ______,PA
  2. Muhammad Ali's birthname
  3. American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist; Oprah _____
  4. Nicki Minaj was born in Trinidad and ______
  5. soccer great, Pele, was from this country
  6. Magic Johnson's real first name
  7. Kllian Mbappe's home country
  8. Snoop Dog represents this Los Angeles suburb
  9. Simone Biles won 7 medals in this sport
  10. Beyonce used to be int he group Destiny's ______.

17 Clues: nickname is "Air" • Muhammad Ali's birthname • first black U.S. president • Drake is from this country • Kllian Mbappe's home country • Magic Johnson's real first name • Kevin Hart was born in ______,PA • star of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" • Simone Biles won 7 medals in this sport • nickname of football great Walter Payton • soccer great, Pele, was from this country • ...

black history month g.m 2023-02-15

black history month g.m crossword puzzle
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  1. She signed her first record at 16
  2. Former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005.
  3. Beyonce’s Nickname is.
  4. She has won two Grammys, and one Oscar, one Tony and one Emmy award.
  5. Nickname is the Black Mamba.
  6. American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.
  7. Rapper married to Beyonce.
  8. Played on the Chicago Bulls all time favorite number 23 (2 words).
  9. The first African American president of the United States (2 words).
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  1. Changed his legal name to Ye.
  2. Cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg and WWE wrestler Sasha Banks.
  3. kicked off his career as a stand-up comedian after a girlfriend's dare in 1989.
  4. the only actor to gross $100 million domestically with eight movies in a row.
  5. Patrick Mahomes plays on the (2 word).
  6. Female African American talk show host.
  7. The first African-American woman to serve in this position as first lady.
  8. she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association for 319 weeks.

17 Clues: Beyonce’s Nickname is. • Rapper married to Beyonce. • Nickname is the Black Mamba. • Changed his legal name to Ye. • She signed her first record at 16 • Patrick Mahomes plays on the (2 word). • Female African American talk show host. • Cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg and WWE wrestler Sasha Banks. • Former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. • ...

black history month g.m 2023-02-15

black history month g.m crossword puzzle
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  1. She signed her first record at 16
  2. Former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005.
  3. Beyonce’s Nickname is.
  4. She has won two Grammys, and one Oscar, one Tony and one Emmy award.
  5. Nickname is the Black Mamba.
  6. American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.
  7. Rapper married to Beyonce.
  8. Played on the Chicago Bulls all time favorite number 23 (2 words).
  9. The first African American president of the United States (2 words).
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  1. Changed his legal name to Ye.
  2. Cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg and WWE wrestler Sasha Banks.
  3. kicked off his career as a stand-up comedian after a girlfriend's dare in 1989.
  4. the only actor to gross $100 million domestically with eight movies in a row.
  5. Patrick Mahomes plays on the (2 word).
  6. Female African American talk show host.
  7. The first African-American woman to serve in this position as first lady.
  8. she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association for 319 weeks.

17 Clues: Beyonce’s Nickname is. • Rapper married to Beyonce. • Nickname is the Black Mamba. • Changed his legal name to Ye. • She signed her first record at 16 • Patrick Mahomes plays on the (2 word). • Female African American talk show host. • Cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg and WWE wrestler Sasha Banks. • Former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. • ...

Black History Month: Music 2020-01-17

Black History Month: Music crossword puzzle
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  1. my dream is to be free, my dream is to be: my dream is to be, my dream is to be free
  2. get your money
  3. I know you wanna leave me
  4. you make me happy, this you can bet
  5. it belongs to Whitney now
  6. don't you carry nothin that might be a load
  7. picket lines and picket signs, don't punish me with brutality
  8. you can feel it all over
  9. if one more label try and stop me
  10. I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils
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  1. she said love don't come easy, it's a game of give and take
  2. do you hear me, do you feel me we gon be alright
  3. first music video by a Black man ever shown on MTV
  4. anthem of the Black Power Movement
  5. this maybe the night that my dreams might let me know
  6. she's always gone too long, anytime she goes away
  7. what you want, baby I got it

17 Clues: get your money • you can feel it all over • I know you wanna leave me • it belongs to Whitney now • what you want, baby I got it • if one more label try and stop me • anthem of the Black Power Movement • you make me happy, this you can bet • don't you carry nothin that might be a load • I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils • ...

black history month crossword 2022-02-01

black history month crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Black History celebration month
  2. City of Rosa Parks' bus boycott
  3. Last name of woman who contributed to the Underground Railroad
  4. MLK Jr.'s famous speech
  5. Thurgood Marshall was the first black man to serve on the
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  1. Amount of countries that observe Black History month
  2. Coin that will feature Maya Angelou in 2022
  3. Last name of first black man to play in the MLB
  4. Years Barack Obama served as president
  5. Holiday commemorating the emancipation of African-American slaves
  6. Muslim Minister and human-rights activist
  7. female artist who has won 28 Grammy's
  8. Escaped slave, abolitionist, author of a narrative

13 Clues: MLK Jr.'s famous speech • Black History celebration month • City of Rosa Parks' bus boycott • female artist who has won 28 Grammy's • Years Barack Obama served as president • Muslim Minister and human-rights activist • Coin that will feature Maya Angelou in 2022 • Last name of first black man to play in the MLB • Escaped slave, abolitionist, author of a narrative • ...

black history month crossword 2022-02-01

black history month crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Black History celebration month
  2. City of Rosa Parks' bus boycott
  3. Last name of woman who contributed to the Underground Railroad
  4. MLK Jr.'s famous speech
  5. Thurgood Marshall was the first black man to serve on the
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  1. Amount of countries that observe Black History month
  2. Coin that will feature Maya Angelou in 2022
  3. Last name of first black man to play in the MLB
  4. Years Barack Obama served as president
  5. Holiday commemorating the emancipation of African-American slaves
  6. Muslim Minister and human-rights activist
  7. female artist who has won 28 Grammy's
  8. Escaped slave, abolitionist, author of a narrative

13 Clues: MLK Jr.'s famous speech • Black History celebration month • City of Rosa Parks' bus boycott • female artist who has won 28 Grammy's • Years Barack Obama served as president • Muslim Minister and human-rights activist • Coin that will feature Maya Angelou in 2022 • Last name of first black man to play in the MLB • Escaped slave, abolitionist, author of a narrative • ...

Black History Month & Me 2022-02-08

Black History Month & Me crossword puzzle
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  1. the ability to act or change without constraint
  2. MILLION MAN
  3. An example of this is a landlord who refuses to allow a person with a certain disability to rent an apartment because the other tenants do not want to have a neighbor with that disability.
  4. the practice or quality of including or involving people from a range of different social and ethnic backgrounds and of different genders, sexual orientations, etc
  5. all people should have equal access to wealth, health, well-being, justice, privileges, and opportunity
  6. the act or instance of making or becoming different.
  7. War, war in the United States fought between the Union and the Confederacy
  8. a system of stratification in which one person owns another
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  1. separation of groups of people with differing characteristics, often taken to connote a condition of inequality
  2. complaint objection
  3. Opposite of Oppression
  4. Joan BAEZ song "We Shall
  5. all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that are passed down from generation to generation
  6. withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
  7. movement, a loosely organized but sustained campaign in support of a social goal
  8. a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence
  9. he policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change

17 Clues: MILLION MAN • complaint objection • Opposite of Oppression • Joan BAEZ song "We Shall • the ability to act or change without constraint • the act or instance of making or becoming different. • a system of stratification in which one person owns another • War, war in the United States fought between the Union and the Confederacy • ...

black history month g.m 2023-02-15

black history month g.m crossword puzzle
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  1. She signed her first record at 16
  2. Former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005.
  3. Beyonce’s Nickname is.
  4. She has won two Grammys, and one Oscar, one Tony and one Emmy award.
  5. Nickname is the Black Mamba.
  6. American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA.
  7. Rapper married to Beyonce.
  8. Played on the Chicago Bulls all time favorite number 23 (2 words).
  9. The first African American president of the United States (2 words).
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  1. Changed his legal name to Ye.
  2. Cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg and WWE wrestler Sasha Banks.
  3. kicked off his career as a stand-up comedian after a girlfriend's dare in 1989.
  4. the only actor to gross $100 million domestically with eight movies in a row.
  5. Patrick Mahomes plays on the (2 word).
  6. Female African American talk show host.
  7. The first African-American woman to serve in this position as first lady.
  8. she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association for 319 weeks.

17 Clues: Beyonce’s Nickname is. • Rapper married to Beyonce. • Nickname is the Black Mamba. • Changed his legal name to Ye. • She signed her first record at 16 • Patrick Mahomes plays on the (2 word). • Female African American talk show host. • Cousin of rapper Snoop Dogg and WWE wrestler Sasha Banks. • Former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. • ...

Black History Month/Advisory Topics 2021-02-25

Black History Month/Advisory Topics crossword puzzle
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  1. Sammy Davis Junior was a member of this group (three words)
  2. February is known as _____ history month
  3. Who is the first black Disney princess
  4. George Washington Carver contributed to this science
  5. March is known as _____ history month
  6. The black female activist who refused to get off the bus (two words)
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  1. Jackie Robinson was the first black athlete of this sport.
  2. The record breaking all black Marvel movie (2 words)
  3. The abbreviation for one of the most well known advocates of his time, Martin Luther King
  4. A person who fights on behalf of others
  5. The black union established in 1909
  6. Javicia Leslie is a black actor in this DC show
  7. Brian just got hired to work at this restaurant.( two words)

13 Clues: The black union established in 1909 • March is known as _____ history month • Who is the first black Disney princess • A person who fights on behalf of others • February is known as _____ history month • Javicia Leslie is a black actor in this DC show • The record breaking all black Marvel movie (2 words) • George Washington Carver contributed to this science • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2022-12-19

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The name of the first African American Medical College located in Tennessee
  2. Benjamin Banneker published this for farmers which became the first scientific book published by a Black American
  3. What is the author's surname who wrote Roots
  4. Thurgood Marshall was the 1st Black person to serve here
  5. Jackie Robinson played for what MLB team
  6. Name the proclamation that freed the slave
  7. The movement to end slavery
  8. Bessie Smith was known as __________ of the Blues
  9. Rosa Parks is known for a bus boycott in what city
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  1. Dr. Martin Luther King was born in what US city
  2. Navy names aircraft carrier in honor of a courageous Black sailor
  3. Name the month we celebrate Black History
  4. Mae C. Jemison traveled in what NASA Shuttle
  5. Name a president who decreed Black History Month
  6. Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for what movie
  7. Michelle's husband who was a famous first

16 Clues: The movement to end slavery • Jackie Robinson played for what MLB team • Name the month we celebrate Black History • Michelle's husband who was a famous first • Name the proclamation that freed the slave • Mae C. Jemison traveled in what NASA Shuttle • What is the author's surname who wrote Roots • Dr. Martin Luther King was born in what US city • ...

Black History Month 2013-02-07

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. This former slave became a leader of the abolitionist movement during the Civil War
  2. This person was the first female self made millionaire in the United States
  3. This person was the first African American in space
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  1. This person founded the NAACP
  2. This person led 13 missions to rescue more than 70 slaves during the Civil War
  3. This person was a trumpet player who had great influence in jazz music in the 1920s
  4. This person was the first African American professional baseball player
  5. This person was the first African American senator
  6. This person refused to give up their bus seat and became an important symbol of the Civil Rights Movement
  7. This person became the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion
  8. This person was the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for best actress

11 Clues: This person founded the NAACP • This person was the first African American senator • This person was the first African American in space • This person was the first African American professional baseball player • This person was the first female self made millionaire in the United States • ...

Black History Month 2022-03-03

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the speech "I have a ______."
  2. the name of the system of safe houses used to help enslaved people escape to the North
  3. George Washington Carver was the first Black man to ______ from Iowa State Agricultural college
  4. the first African American to go to an all white elementary school in the South
  5. Garrett Morgan invented this to solve the traffic problem in Cleveland
  6. When Katherine was a young girl she wanted to be a ______.
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  1. meaning black and white children didn’t attend the same schools
  2. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed all people should be treated _______.
  3. Who helped free many enslaved people?
  4. George Washington Carver had a vast knowledge of this
  5. calculated a safe path for Apollo 13

11 Clues: calculated a safe path for Apollo 13 • Who helped free many enslaved people? • George Washington Carver had a vast knowledge of this • When Katherine was a young girl she wanted to be a ______. • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the speech "I have a ______." • meaning black and white children didn’t attend the same schools • ...

CCG - Black History Month Crossword 2023-02-01

CCG - Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Key Leader in the Civil Rights Movement
  2. Individual that refused to give their seat to a white passanger
  3. First African American to win an academy award in a leading role
  4. Issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring enslaved people freed
  5. King of Pop
  6. _____ Amendment which abolished slavery
  7. First African American Justice on the U.S Supreme Court
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  1. Black History Month
  2. _______ ______ Movement
  3. Protecting rights and punishing wrongs using fairness
  4. Inventor of the Elevator
  5. Movement which encourages black people to celebrate African American Culture and African Heritage
  6. African American woman who lead enslaved african americans through the underground railroad
  7. Martin Luther King most famous speech
  8. the state of being free
  9. Who started black history month
  10. American Civil Rights activist who got rid of his former last name

17 Clues: King of Pop • Black History Month • _______ ______ Movement • the state of being free • Inventor of the Elevator • Who started black history month • Martin Luther King most famous speech • Key Leader in the Civil Rights Movement • _____ Amendment which abolished slavery • Protecting rights and punishing wrongs using fairness • ...

Black History Makers 2023-12-31

Black History Makers crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Founder of the "MeToo" Movement
  2. Popular ESPN Analyst
  3. Founder of Black History Month
  4. First Black astronaut to live and work on the International Space Station for an extended period.
  5. He Had A Dream ints.
  6. First Black woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
  7. First African American Woman in Space
  8. Creator/Star of HBO's "Insecure"
  9. First African American coach in Pro Sports
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  1. Cookie Lyons on the TV Show "Empire"
  2. Georgia's First Black Senator
  3. Founder of Fenty Beauty
  4. First Black Woman to publish a book in America
  5. The Greatest
  6. Director of the highest-grossing film of 2018
  7. Most decorated American Gymnast
  8. Youngest inaugural poet in US history

17 Clues: The Greatest • Popular ESPN Analyst • He Had A Dream ints. • Founder of Fenty Beauty • Georgia's First Black Senator • Founder of Black History Month • Founder of the "MeToo" Movement • Most decorated American Gymnast • Creator/Star of HBO's "Insecure" • Cookie Lyons on the TV Show "Empire" • Youngest inaugural poet in US history • First African American Woman in Space • ...

Black History Month 2017-02-18

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
  2. First African American to win an Oscar.
  3. The first black teenagers to attend an all white high school in Arkansas.
  4. I wrote the national black anthem, who am I?
Down
  1. Entrepreneur who changed her name from Sarah Breedlove.
  2. First black lawyer admitted to practice before the Court.
  3. Suffolk Law's first African American graduate.
  4. Known as the father of black history.
  5. Established in 1865 to help former black slaves in the aftermath of the Civil War.
  6. First black lawyer to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  7. Civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on the bus.

11 Clues: Known as the father of black history. • First African American to win an Oscar. • I wrote the national black anthem, who am I? • Suffolk Law's first African American graduate. • First African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice. • Entrepreneur who changed her name from Sarah Breedlove. • First black lawyer admitted to practice before the Court. • ...

Black History Month 2022-05-31

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. discussing America’s history with racial injustice, and calling for it to end.
  2. Cause: Many eligible black voters were denied their right to vote and the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson -> [Effect]
  3. [Last name] This woman became America’s first female self-made millionaire with her line of hair products for black women.
  4. [Last name] He was the first African American to play Major League Baseball.
  5. [Last name] Under the moniker SAMO, this graffiti artist became grew in popularity as part of the 1980’s Neo-expressionism movement.
Down
  1. [Last name] A transgender woman who co-founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries [STAR], which was an organization consisting of queer activists.
  2. [Cause]-> Effect: These students brought international attention to civil rights issues in the United States and how the US handles federal vs state power.
  3. A series of events that happened in 2020 fighting against police brutality and racism, named after one specific black man.
  4. Founded on February 12, 1909, this organization fights against segregation, housing discrimination, racial inequity in the education system, and more.
  5. [Last name] America’s First African American President
  6. [Last name] The first African American child to desegregate a white elementary school in the South.

11 Clues: [Last name] America’s First African American President • [Last name] He was the first African American to play Major League Baseball. • [Last name] The first African American child to desegregate a white elementary school in the South. • Cause: Many eligible black voters were denied their right to vote and the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson -> [Effect] • ...

Black History Month 2022-05-31

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. [Last name] The first African American child to desegregate a white elementary school in the South.
  2. [Last name] America’s First African American President
  3. [Last name] A transgender woman who co-founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries [STAR], which was an organization consisting of queer activists.
  4. [Cause]-> Effect: These students brought international attention to civil rights issues in the United States and how the US handles federal vs state power.
  5. A series of events that happened in 2020 fighting against police brutality and racism, named after one specific black man.
  6. [Last name] This woman became America’s first female self-made millionaire with her line of hair products for black women.
Down
  1. A speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. discussing America’s history with racial injustice, and calling for it to end.
  2. [Last name] Under the moniker SAMO, this graffiti artist became grew in popularity as part of the 1980’s Neo-expressionism movement.
  3. Cause: Many eligible black voters were denied their right to vote and the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson -> [Effect]
  4. [Last name] He was the first African American to play Major League Baseball.
  5. Founded on February 12, 1909, this organization fights against segregation, housing discrimination, racial inequity in the education system, and more.

11 Clues: [Last name] America’s First African American President • [Last name] He was the first African American to play Major League Baseball. • [Last name] The first African American child to desegregate a white elementary school in the South. • Cause: Many eligible black voters were denied their right to vote and the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson -> [Effect] • ...

Black History Month 2022-02-09

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Proclamation presidential and executive order issued by the United States President
  2. a community or geographical area surrounding a family's residence
  3. Lincoln the 16th President of the United States
  4. to criticize someone
  5. classifying an individual or group by certain characteristics
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  1. complete agreement
  2. to publicly support someone
  3. valued objects and qualities such as cultural traditions, that have been passed down.
  4. an action or an action of abolishing a system
  5. the state of being equal
  6. to take care of

11 Clues: to take care of • complete agreement • to criticize someone • the state of being equal • to publicly support someone • an action or an action of abolishing a system • Lincoln the 16th President of the United States • classifying an individual or group by certain characteristics • a community or geographical area surrounding a family's residence • ...

Black History Month 2023-02-17

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Chadwick Boseman played this character
  2. The first Black to vote in an election under the just-enacted provisions of the 15th Amendment to the United States
  3. The black women who would not give up her seat on a bus
  4. The first Black man in the NHL
  5. name of the baseball team that Jackie Robinson played for
Down
  1. A Black man born when slavery was abolished and invented alternatives for sweet potatoes and soybeans
  2. The first Black women to be on Canadian currency
  3. The first Black women to work at NASA as an engineer
  4. A Black slave whom after escaped saved 300 slaves from labour using the underground railroad
  5. The person who made a speech about I have a dream for Black equality and civil rights
  6. last name of first Black U.S. president

11 Clues: The first Black man in the NHL • Chadwick Boseman played this character • last name of first Black U.S. president • The first Black women to be on Canadian currency • The first Black women to work at NASA as an engineer • The black women who would not give up her seat on a bus • name of the baseball team that Jackie Robinson played for • ...

Black History Month 2024-02-12

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. played a right handed guitar left handed
  2. the rapper who wrote dear mama
  3. Rapper Friend of martha stuart
  4. underground rail road conductor
  5. a man with a lot of basketball skill
  6. the first Black US president
  7. a man with a dream
Down
  1. fly like a butterfly sting like a bee
  2. a man with a purple guitar
  3. Woman who sat in the front of the bus
  4. invented the peanut butter

11 Clues: a man with a dream • a man with a purple guitar • invented the peanut butter • the first Black US president • the rapper who wrote dear mama • Rapper Friend of martha stuart • underground rail road conductor • a man with a lot of basketball skill • fly like a butterfly sting like a bee • Woman who sat in the front of the bus • played a right handed guitar left handed

Black History Month 2024-01-29

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. February 12 is the anniversary of this organization.
  2. Dr Carter G ________ is referred to as the father of Black History.
  3. The first Black artist to win a Grammy is Ella _________.
  4. Name of the first Black professional basketball team.
  5. The first self-made millionare was Madame C J _________.
  6. Thurgood ________ was the first African American on the Supreme Court.
Down
  1. George Washington Carver derived hundreds of products from this nut
  2. Gabby _____ became the first Black gymnast to win a Gold Medal in the Olympics
  3. Richard ________ patented the automatic gear shift.
  4. Month when Black History month is observed.
  5. Alexander Miles invented a flexible belt and automatic doors to make this device safer.

11 Clues: Month when Black History month is observed. • Richard ________ patented the automatic gear shift. • February 12 is the anniversary of this organization. • Name of the first Black professional basketball team. • The first self-made millionare was Madame C J _________. • The first Black artist to win a Grammy is Ella _________. • ...

Black History Month 2019-02-05

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution
  2. prejudice against other people from other countries
  3. to be concerned about something or someone
  4. property that is or may be inherited
  5. the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions
Down
  1. the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
  2. a lack of equality
  3. is a synonym for example
  4. long cruel unjust treatment
  5. an amount of money or property left to someone when they die.
  6. the opposite of conflict

11 Clues: a lack of equality • is a synonym for example • the opposite of conflict • long cruel unjust treatment • property that is or may be inherited • to be concerned about something or someone • prejudice against other people from other countries • an amount of money or property left to someone when they die. • ...

Black History Month 2022-02-14

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What was the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange? Black Entertainment Television
  2. First African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
  3. Got arrested for refusing to surrender her bus seat
  4. Who was the first African-American female to be a millionaire and specialized in hair products for black women?
  5. The first African American to earn a PH.D from Harvard
  6. Who was last black actress to win the Academy Award"s Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2006?
Down
  1. human rights activist and an American Muslim minister
  2. First African-American to be a justice of the Supreme Court
  3. The rapper who made the hit album Get Rich or Die Tryin; he survived being shot 9 times
  4. First Black President in US History
  5. Who was the first black astronaut to walk in space?

11 Clues: First Black President in US History • Got arrested for refusing to surrender her bus seat • Who was the first black astronaut to walk in space? • human rights activist and an American Muslim minister • The first African American to earn a PH.D from Harvard • First African-American to be a justice of the Supreme Court • ...

Black History Month 2017-02-18

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Weldon Johnson / I wrote the national black anthem, who am I?
  2. McDaniel / First African American to win an Oscar.
  3. Parks / Civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on the bus.
  4. Lowrey / First black lawyer to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.
  5. Bureau / Established in 1865 to help former black slaves in the aftermath of the Civil War.
  6. Rock / First black lawyer admitted to practice before the Court.
Down
  1. Woodson / Known as the father of black history.
  2. Rock Nine / The first black teenagers to attend an all white high school in Arkansas.
  3. CJ Walker / Entrepreneur who changed her name from Sarah Breedlove.
  4. Vreeland Jones / Suffolk Law's first African American graduate.
  5. Marshall / First African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

11 Clues: Woodson / Known as the father of black history. • McDaniel / First African American to win an Oscar. • Weldon Johnson / I wrote the national black anthem, who am I? • Marshall / First African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice. • Vreeland Jones / Suffolk Law's first African American graduate. • Rock / First black lawyer admitted to practice before the Court. • ...

Black History Month 2017-02-18

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First African American to win an Oscar.
  2. Entrepreneur who changed her name from Sarah Breedlove.
  3. Established in 1865 to help former black slaves in the aftermath of the Civil War.
  4. Suffolk Law's first African American graduate.
  5. Civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on the bus.
Down
  1. First African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
  2. The first black teenagers to attend an all white high school in Arkansas.
  3. I wrote the national black anthem, who am I?
  4. First black lawyer admitted to practice before the Court.
  5. Known as the father of black history.
  6. First black lawyer to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.

11 Clues: Known as the father of black history. • First African American to win an Oscar. • I wrote the national black anthem, who am I? • Suffolk Law's first African American graduate. • First African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice. • Entrepreneur who changed her name from Sarah Breedlove. • First black lawyer admitted to practice before the Court. • ...

Black History Month 2023-01-30

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Read her poem at President Biden’s inauguration
  2. Federal marshals escorted her to school.
  3. Elected to the House of Representives
  4. National leader of the Abolitionist
  5. Developed techniques to improve soils
  6. First Black woman to travel into space
Down
  1. youngest person in Hollywood to produce a movie
  2. First Black female cable car conductor
  3. Launched a campaign called #1000BlackGirlBooks
  4. Won 23 Grand Slam singles titles
  5. Refused to give up her seat

11 Clues: Refused to give up her seat • Won 23 Grand Slam singles titles • National leader of the Abolitionist • Elected to the House of Representives • Developed techniques to improve soils • First Black female cable car conductor • First Black woman to travel into space • Federal marshals escorted her to school. • Launched a campaign called #1000BlackGirlBooks • ...

Black History Month 2023-01-26

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First African American to play major league baseball
  2. First African American woman elected to Congress
  3. Singer known for songs such as Strange Fruit
  4. Famous African American trumpet player
Down
  1. First African American Supreme Court Justice
  2. She sat at the front of the bus
  3. She desegregated an elementary school
  4. He pioneered rock and roll with Johnny B Goode
  5. George Washington Carver had many uses for them.
  6. What MLK had
  7. Famous marches began there.

11 Clues: What MLK had • Famous marches began there. • She sat at the front of the bus • She desegregated an elementary school • Famous African American trumpet player • First African American Supreme Court Justice • Singer known for songs such as Strange Fruit • He pioneered rock and roll with Johnny B Goode • George Washington Carver had many uses for them. • ...

Black History Month 2021-02-22

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first black woman to travel into space
  2. Wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
  3. First black woman elected to the United States Congress
  4. First African-American Justice of the Supreme Court
  5. Arrested at the age of 15, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus.
  6. An escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker
  7. Four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games
Down
  1. His most famous work is his “I Have a Dream” speech delivered in 1963
  2. First female self-made millionaire in America
  3. First African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
  4. Nicknamed "The Empress of the Blues"

11 Clues: Nicknamed "The Empress of the Blues" • Wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" • The first black woman to travel into space • First female self-made millionaire in America • Four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games • First African-American Justice of the Supreme Court • First black woman elected to the United States Congress • ...

Black History Month 2024-02-06

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. She was told to give up her seat to a white passenger. She refused.
  2. His most memorable act of “good trouble” occurred on March 7, 1965, when he led a group of 600 people across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on what would be known as “Bloody Sunday.”
  3. Is well known for risking her life as a “conductor” in the Underground Railroad, which led escaped enslaved people to freedom in the North.
  4. Became the first Black person to graduate from Iowa State College
  5. He was such an amazing speaker that he started traveling all over the northern states, trying to convince large groups of people to end the practice of enslaving people.
Down
  1. Delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech, which boosted public support for civil rights
  2. His best known case was Brown vs. Board of Education, which challenged school segregation, when white and Black students are forced to go to separate schools.
  3. Her thrilling speeches won her the respect of many educated people fighting for the rights of Black people and women. That included President Abraham Lincoln.
  4. The first African-American woman to obtain an international pilot’s license
  5. One of her biggest accomplishments at NASA was helping calculate the trajectory, or path, of the country’s first human spaceflight in 1961, making sure astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., had a safe trip.
  6. Decided to run for president (the first African-American woman to do so)

11 Clues: Became the first Black person to graduate from Iowa State College • She was told to give up her seat to a white passenger. She refused. • Decided to run for president (the first African-American woman to do so) • The first African-American woman to obtain an international pilot’s license • ...

Black History Month 2024-02-09

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Co-inventor of IBM's original personal computer
  2. Founded in 1953 by Icabod Flewellen
  3. Father of Black History
  4. First Black Woman to graduate from college (Oberlin College 1850)
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  1. First known Black Person born in 13 colonies
  2. First and only known female Buffalo Solider
  3. First black person to win elected office in Ohio
  4. First U.S. document to help ban slavery
  5. First Black Man to own a car in Cleveland, Ohio
  6. Cleveland's wealthiest black citizen in the 1820's
  7. First African American mayor of major U.S. city

11 Clues: Father of Black History • Founded in 1953 by Icabod Flewellen • First U.S. document to help ban slavery • First and only known female Buffalo Solider • First known Black Person born in 13 colonies • Co-inventor of IBM's original personal computer • First Black Man to own a car in Cleveland, Ohio • First African American mayor of major U.S. city • ...

Black History Month 2021-01-27

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to control or rule over others in a harsh or cruel way
  2. an American abolitionist who helped enslaved people escape through the underground railroad
  3. The unfair treatment of others without fair or proper reason
  4. The separation of individuals on the basis of race
  5. The first black athlete to play major league baseball
Down
  1. the belief that white people constitute a superior race and should therefore dominate society, typically to the exclusion or detriment of other racial and ethnic groups, in particular black or Jewish people.
  2. A public show of disapproval for a rule or event, such as a march or rally
  3. a derogatory or insulting term applied to particular group of people
  4. The first African American president
  5. a group of people who have in common some visible physical traits, such as skin colour, hair texture, facial features, and eye formation.
  6. Unfair treatment of people based on the opinion that one race is superior to another

11 Clues: The first African American president • The separation of individuals on the basis of race • The first black athlete to play major league baseball • to control or rule over others in a harsh or cruel way • The unfair treatment of others without fair or proper reason • a derogatory or insulting term applied to particular group of people • ...

Black History Month 2021-02-22

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first black woman to travel into space
  2. Wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
  3. First black woman elected to the United States Congress
  4. First African-American Justice of the Supreme Court
  5. Arrested at the age of 15, for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a crowded, segregated bus.
  6. An escaped slave who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker
  7. Four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games
Down
  1. His most famous work is his “I Have a Dream” speech delivered in 1963
  2. First female self-made millionaire in America
  3. First African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
  4. Nicknamed "The Empress of the Blues"

11 Clues: Nicknamed "The Empress of the Blues" • Wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" • The first black woman to travel into space • First female self-made millionaire in America • Four-time gold medalist in the 1936 Olympic Games • First African-American Justice of the Supreme Court • First black woman elected to the United States Congress • ...

Black History Month 2022-02-16

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the story of African-American women working at NASA
  2. was a celebration of African American heritage through the arts
  3. helped freed many slaves in the Underground Railroad
  4. created many uses for peanuts
  5. the first African-American student to attend an all-white elementary school in the Southern United States
  6. a movement fighting for equal rights
  7. a freed slave who wrote an autobiography about his experience
Down
  1. a civil rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s.
  2. network of people, homes, and hideouts that slaves in the southern United States used to escape to freedom in the Northern United States and Canada.
  3. was the first African American to play professional baseball
  4. a boycott led by students to fight segergation

11 Clues: created many uses for peanuts • a movement fighting for equal rights • a boycott led by students to fight segergation • a civil rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s. • the story of African-American women working at NASA • helped freed many slaves in the Underground Railroad • was the first African American to play professional baseball • ...

Black History Month 2022-03-10

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. I have a dream
  2. The number of times Harriet Tubman came back to help slaves
  3. Black History Month in America
  4. The seperation of black people and white people
  5. She helped dozens of slaves escape during slavery
Down
  1. She refused to stand up on the bus
  2. The time slaves had to travel to run away
  3. People who are forced to work for no money
  4. The first black president in the USA
  5. The underground ....
  6. Segregation in South Africa

11 Clues: I have a dream • The underground .... • Segregation in South Africa • Black History Month in America • She refused to stand up on the bus • The first black president in the USA • The time slaves had to travel to run away • People who are forced to work for no money • The seperation of black people and white people • She helped dozens of slaves escape during slavery • ...

Black history month 2022-10-05

Black history month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. led movement against apartheid and first black head of state
  2. a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd
  3. wrote "I have a dream"
  4. Freedom from disturbance
  5. where everyone is equal
  6. Considered to be greeted basketball player of all time
Down
  1. the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others
  2. famous tennis player
  3. A woman who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man
  4. First black president of America
  5. no longer kept under control

11 Clues: famous tennis player • wrote "I have a dream" • where everyone is equal • Freedom from disturbance • no longer kept under control • First black president of America • a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd • Considered to be greeted basketball player of all time • led movement against apartheid and first black head of state • ...

Black History Month 2023-02-09

Black History Month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First Black woman to refuse to give up her seat on a bus for white passengers, BEFORE Rosa Parks.
  2. Over 100,000 enslaved people escaped to the_______ via the Underground Railroad.
  3. First novel written by an African American, published in 1853.
  4. Computer scientist Lisa Gelobter assisted with the 1995 creation of this essential technology that led to the development of web animation.
  5. In 1619,ships from this country brought 20 Africans ashore at the British colony of Jamestown, beginning the spread of slavery through the American colonies.
  6. First black woman to head a Fortune 500 company, Xerox.
  7. Harriet Tubman’s reconnaissance work in June 1963 laid the foundation for the daring Union raid on ________ _________.
Down
  1. Demonstration in Birmingham where thousands of students took to the streets to protest racial segregation.
  2. Guion S. Bluford became the first Black American to go into______ and would spend 688 hours there over the course of his career.
  3. Creator of Black History Month, Carter G. Woodson is referred to as the “___________ of Black History;” he was the second African American to graduate from Harvard with a doctorate, and is credited with being one of the first to research the history of African Americans.
  4. Dr. Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. became Chairman and CEO TIAA-CREF, distinguishing him as the first black ___ of a Fortune 500 company.

11 Clues: First black woman to head a Fortune 500 company, Xerox. • First novel written by an African American, published in 1853. • Over 100,000 enslaved people escaped to the_______ via the Underground Railroad. • First Black woman to refuse to give up her seat on a bus for white passengers, BEFORE Rosa Parks. • ...

Black history month 2023-02-15

Black history month crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a opinoin on people
  2. a action of a group
  3. including or involving people of a race
  4. equal
  5. a tented farmer who gives a portion of there land as rent
Down
  1. crow laws
  2. a group of people
  3. separating colored people from whites
  4. an act that is not legal
  5. unfair treatment
  6. rights right given by a government

11 Clues: equal • crow laws • unfair treatment • a group of people • a opinoin on people • a action of a group • an act that is not legal • rights right given by a government • separating colored people from whites • including or involving people of a race • a tented farmer who gives a portion of there land as rent

Black History Month SS 2023-02-15

Black History Month SS crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First African American to host T.V. show (7 words)
  2. First African American to be in the Major League (9 words)
  3. “ King of Pop “ (3 words)
  4. Lakers #24 (2words)
  5. “Keep Ya Head Up” Rapper (5 words)
  6. Venus Williams sister (3words)
  7. “Moesha” (1 word)
Down
  1. “Single Ladies” Singer (3words)
  2. Plays for the Golden State Warriors (6 words)
  3. Sung “Novacane” (2 words)
  4. Kim K’s ex (3 words)
  5. Sung at the Super Bowl 57 (6 words)
  6. Sung “Rehab” (2 words)
  7. Sang “Kill Bill” (3 words)
  8. Sung “ Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” (7 words)
  9. “First Lady of the U.S.” (5words)

16 Clues: “Moesha” (1 word) • Kim K’s ex (3 words) • Lakers #24 (2words) • Sung “Rehab” (2 words) • Sung “Novacane” (2 words) • “ King of Pop “ (3 words) • Sang “Kill Bill” (3 words) • Venus Williams sister (3words) • “Single Ladies” Singer (3words) • “First Lady of the U.S.” (5words) • “Keep Ya Head Up” Rapper (5 words) • Sung at the Super Bowl 57 (6 words) • ...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2024-02-09

BLACK HISTORY MONTH crossword puzzle
Across
  1. HOW MANY YEARS HAS PETTY OFFICER TORRES BEEN IN
  2. WHO WAS THE FIRST FEMALE VICE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPEREATIONS
  3. WHO HAD THE HIGHEST GROUP SCORE AVERAGE IN NAVY HISTORY
  4. WHAT DAY DOES BLACK HISTORY MONTH START
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  1. WHO WORKED IN THE SPACE SCIENCE DIVISION OF NAVAL LAB
  2. WHO IS THE FATHER OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
  3. WHATS IS PETTY OFFICER TORRES JOB IN NAVY
  4. WHO WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGINEER TO COMMAND NUC SUB
  5. WHAT DAY DOES BLACK HISTORY MONTH END

9 Clues: WHAT DAY DOES BLACK HISTORY MONTH END • WHAT DAY DOES BLACK HISTORY MONTH START • WHO IS THE FATHER OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH • WHATS IS PETTY OFFICER TORRES JOB IN NAVY • HOW MANY YEARS HAS PETTY OFFICER TORRES BEEN IN • WHO WORKED IN THE SPACE SCIENCE DIVISION OF NAVAL LAB • WHO HAD THE HIGHEST GROUP SCORE AVERAGE IN NAVY HISTORY • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2021-02-09

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. After escaping slavery, became an abolitionist.
  2. Wrote the "I have a dream" speech.
  3. Helped other slaves escape with the underground railroad
  4. Arguably the greatest women's tennis player of all time.
  5. First African American to work for the US Postal Service.
  6. Refused to move from her seat on the bus.
  7. Famous African American author that wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
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  1. American poet during the Harlem Renaissance
  2. First African American to play on a Major Leauge Baseball Team.
  3. First African American Vice President in the United States.
  4. First African American President in the United States.
  5. First African American to desegregate an all white school in Louisiana.
  6. Wrote an autobiography that was pubished in 1860.
  7. Worked to desegregate schools after the ruling of Brown v. Board.
  8. The "father of modern Chicago blues."
  9. Founded the first fully African American Christan domination in the United States.

16 Clues: Wrote the "I have a dream" speech. • The "father of modern Chicago blues." • Refused to move from her seat on the bus. • American poet during the Harlem Renaissance • After escaping slavery, became an abolitionist. • Wrote an autobiography that was pubished in 1860. • First African American President in the United States. • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2019-02-18

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. She may have been the first African-American woman to graduate college and she started Cleveland Ohio's first school for Black Americans.
  2. First African-American to hold an international pilot’s license.
  3. First African-American Billionaire.
  4. A prominent legal advocate in the Bankhead-Jones act, she was the first African-American woman to practice law before the supreme court of the United States.
  5. She was a stage actor and was the first African-American to be awarded an Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts for her role in Gone With the Wind.
  6. The first African-American child to integrate into an all-white school at the age of 6.
  7. The first African American airman to fight in WWII, veteran of 78 combat missions.
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  1. An American political scientist and diplomat, first African-American to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
  2. The First African American Astronaut.
  3. First African-American woman to star in a major film.
  4. He was the first African-American broadcast news network anchor ever to air on television.
  5. First African-American United States Supreme Court Justice.
  6. Number 42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, he broke the color line in baseball which restricted major league teams from admitting black players.
  7. She was the first African-American woman in space.
  8. First African-American elected to the office of President of the United States.
  9. The doctor who discovered how to separate plasma from red blood cells, lengthening the time blood could be stored for transfusion.

16 Clues: First African-American Billionaire. • The First African American Astronaut. • She was the first African-American woman in space. • First African-American woman to star in a major film. • First African-American United States Supreme Court Justice. • First African-American to hold an international pilot’s license. • ...

Black History Month Project 2024-02-23

Black History Month Project crossword puzzle
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  1. "king of pop"
  2. WW2 veteran who was a civil rights activist that worked on the Brown v. Board case
  3. first African American student to integrate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana
  4. American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951
  5. Former professional basketball player who played for the Chicago bulls
  6. One of the greatest women's tennis players of all time
  7. "the rock"
  8. Former Lakers player who died in a helicopter crash
  9. Author who wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
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  1. arrested at the age of 15 for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman
  2. civil rights and social justice activist
  3. First African American to work for the U.S postal service
  4. American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri
  5. 44th president
  6. Famous talk show host
  7. First african American women to fly an airplane

16 Clues: "the rock" • "king of pop" • 44th president • Famous talk show host • civil rights and social justice activist • First african American women to fly an airplane • Author who wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" • Former Lakers player who died in a helicopter crash • One of the greatest women's tennis players of all time • ...

Black History Month 2015-02-05

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. emancipation proclamation
  2. baseball
  3. Civil Right Act
  4. Killed at 14
  5. Bus boycott
  6. organized cult
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  1. Rebellious
  2. State
  3. March on Washington
  4. killing
  5. land

11 Clues: land • State • killing • baseball • Rebellious • Bus boycott • Killed at 14 • organized cult • Civil Right Act • March on Washington • emancipation proclamation

Black History Month 2017-02-23

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. African American scientist who created over 300 products from peanuts
  2. first African American to become a Supreme Court Justice
  3. first African American to enter space
  4. first African American to win the U.S. Open tennis championship
  5. famous African American poet who spoke at President Clinton's inauguration
  6. first African American to become President
  7. Civil Rights Leader who was assassinated in 1968
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  1. first African American poet to publish a book in the U.S.
  2. refused to give up her seat on the bus
  3. first African American to play Major League Baseball
  4. helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad

11 Clues: first African American to enter space • refused to give up her seat on the bus • first African American to become President • Civil Rights Leader who was assassinated in 1968 • first African American to play Major League Baseball • helped slaves escape through the Underground Railroad • first African American to become a Supreme Court Justice • ...

Black History Month 2022-02-09

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Proclamation presidential and executive order issued by the United States President
  2. a community or
  3. Lincoln the 16th President of the United States
  4. to criticize someone
  5. classifying an individual or group by certain characteristics
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  1. complete agreement
  2. to publicly support someone
  3. valued objects and qualities such as cultural traditions, that have been passed down.
  4. an action or an action of abolishing a system
  5. all are treated equal
  6. to take care of

11 Clues: a community or • to take care of • complete agreement • to criticize someone • all are treated equal • to publicly support someone • an action or an action of abolishing a system • Lincoln the 16th President of the United States • classifying an individual or group by certain characteristics • ...

Black History Month 2022-01-27

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. I am a famous African American female poet and slave. Who am I?
  2. My shot at "glory" came in acting. I've portrayed Malcom X, Rubin "Hurricane Carter" and Herman Boon in Remember the Titans. Who am I?
  3. I am an African American historian, scholar, educator, and publisher. I also am the creator of Black History Month. Who am I?
  4. I am best known as the advisor for MLK. I helped organize freedom rides as well as the March on Washington. In the 1980s, I publicly advocated for gay civil rights. Who am I?
  5. I was the teenager who refused to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks. Who am I?
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  1. I was the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908. Who am I?
  2. I lead the slaves to freedom on my railroad but I have never conducted a train. Who am I?
  3. In 2020, I ran for president as a Democrat. Today, I am Vice President of the United States. Who am I?
  4. I started and owned the highest-earning African-American business for decades. Yes, I am the founder of the Motown record label. Who am I?
  5. I worked as the first black talent agent with William Morris Agency of New York. To attract clients, I send them some of my homemade cookies. It was these cookies that made me, well, famous. Who am I?
  6. Without me, you could not tell time, for I have invented America's first clock. Who am I?

11 Clues: I am a famous African American female poet and slave. Who am I? • I was the teenager who refused to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks. Who am I? • I lead the slaves to freedom on my railroad but I have never conducted a train. Who am I? • Without me, you could not tell time, for I have invented America's first clock. Who am I? • ...

Black History Month 2023-01-26

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. MARSHALL First African American Supreme Court Justice
  2. She desegregated an elementary school
  3. First African American to play major league baseball
  4. Famous African American trumpet player
  5. What MLK had
  6. First African American woman elected to Congress
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  1. Singer known for songs such as Strange Fruit
  2. She sat at the frong of the bus
  3. George Washington Carver had many uses for them.
  4. Famous marches began there.
  5. He pioneered rock and roll with Johnny B Goode

11 Clues: What MLK had • Famous marches began there. • She sat at the frong of the bus • She desegregated an elementary school • Famous African American trumpet player • Singer known for songs such as Strange Fruit • He pioneered rock and roll with Johnny B Goode • George Washington Carver had many uses for them. • First African American woman elected to Congress • ...

Black History Month 2023-02-03

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. first African American president to be elected in 2008
  2. used the Underground Railroad to free around 70 slaves
  3. an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who made a public speech "I Have a Dream"
  4. one of the first scholars to study African-American history and created awareness of black history
  5. was the first colony to ban slavery in 1777
  6. black history month
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  1. an American poet and was known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance
  2. created the famous phrase “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Your hands can't hit what your eyes can't see.”
  3. the first female african-american lawyer
  4. first African-American woman and first Native American to have a pilot license
  5. she was honored with the title of "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement"

11 Clues: black history month • the first female african-american lawyer • was the first colony to ban slavery in 1777 • first African American president to be elected in 2008 • used the Underground Railroad to free around 70 slaves • an American poet and was known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance • ...

Black History Month 2024-01-12

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Dr. Carter G _________ is referred to as the Father of Black History.
  2. The first self-made Millionaire was Madame C J _________
  3. Name of the first black professional basketball team
  4. George Washington Carver derived nearly 300 products from this nut
  5. She sings the theme song for the children's program Reading Rainbow.
  6. Richard ________ patented the automatic gear shift.
  7. Month when Black History Month is observed.
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  1. Gabby _______ became the first Black gymnast to win a Gold Medal in the Olympics
  2. Thurgood ________ was the first African American on the Supreme Court
  3. Alexander Miles invented a flexible belt and automatic doors to make this device safer.
  4. February 12 is the anniversary of this organization

11 Clues: Month when Black History Month is observed. • February 12 is the anniversary of this organization • Richard ________ patented the automatic gear shift. • Name of the first black professional basketball team • The first self-made Millionaire was Madame C J _________ • George Washington Carver derived nearly 300 products from this nut • ...

Black History Month 2023-12-11

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Who wrote the best-selling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
  2. A famous speech in which abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth asked...
  3. The first African-American woman elected to the House of Representatives.
  4. This eminent writer and Howard graduate has won a Nobel Prize in Literature, a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and more.
  5. The First man to ever set three world records in a single Olympic Games.
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  1. What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
  2. The neighbourhood in New York where an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion, also called the birth of the "New Negro Movement", took place.
  3. A knee ended his football career; but not because of any injury.
  4. First African-American woman to go to space, aboard the space shuttle Endeavor.
  5. This prominent black artist's work can be recognized in part by his stylistically enlarged representation of the hands in his distinctive portraits of African-Americans.
  6. He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father.

11 Clues: What was Muhammad Ali's original name? • A knee ended his football career; but not because of any injury. • Who wrote the best-selling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"? • The First man to ever set three world records in a single Olympic Games. • The first African-American woman elected to the House of Representatives. • ...

Black history month 2024-02-28

Black history month crossword puzzle
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  1. Truth, this former enslaved
  2. Washington Carver, Peanuts
  3. Johnson, his math whiz helped explorers reach new worlds
  4. Chisholm, the first black female in Congress
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  1. Lewis, this congressman used ‘good trouble’ to fight for civil rights
  2. T. Washington, this educator helped African Americans improve their lives
  3. Douglass, this former enslaved person inspired others to fight for freedom
  4. Parks, refusal to give up her seat sparked a movement
  5. Marshall, the first black Supreme Court justice changed children’s lives
  6. Coleman, this pilot inspired people to fly to greater heights
  7. O. Davis, Jr, This African American pilot helped fly the United States to victory

11 Clues: Washington Carver, Peanuts • Truth, this former enslaved • Chisholm, the first black female in Congress • Parks, refusal to give up her seat sparked a movement • Johnson, his math whiz helped explorers reach new worlds • Coleman, this pilot inspired people to fly to greater heights • Lewis, this congressman used ‘good trouble’ to fight for civil rights • ...

Black History Month 2024-02-20

Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. George Washington ____
  2. Black History Month
  3. Jackie Robinson sport
  4. Rosa ____
  5. Harriet ____
  6. MLK's famous speech
  7. Civil Rights Organization (abbreviation)
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  1. Sojourner ____ (famous activist)
  2. Maya ____ (famous poet)
  3. First black US President
  4. ___ Marshall (first black Supreme Court appointee)

11 Clues: Rosa ____ • Harriet ____ • Black History Month • MLK's famous speech • Jackie Robinson sport • George Washington ____ • Maya ____ (famous poet) • First black US President • Sojourner ____ (famous activist) • Civil Rights Organization (abbreviation) • ___ Marshall (first black Supreme Court appointee)

Black History Month Crossword 2019-02-18

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The First African American Astronaut.
  2. Number 42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, he broke the color line in baseball which restricted major league teams from admitting black players.
  3. A prominent legal advocate in the Bankhead-Jones act, she was the first African-American woman to practice law before the supreme court of the United States.
  4. A staunch abbolitionist in the mid 19th centurty, she was the first African-American woman to complete a 4 year university course and she started Cleveland Ohio's first school for Black Americans.
  5. The first African American airman to fight in WWII, veteran of 78 combat missions.
  6. This political scientist and diplomat who helped form the United Nations was first African-American to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
  7. The first African-American child to integrate into an all-white school at the age of 6.
  8. She was the first African-American woman in space.
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  1. He was a dedicated journalist with more than 5 awards and he was the first African-American broadcast news network anchor ever to air on television.
  2. A Stunt Pilot in the early 20th century, this woman was the first African-American to hold an international pilot’s license.
  3. The first African-American United States Supreme Court Justice.
  4. A renown enterainer who got her start in vaudeville, this woman went on to perform at the Paris World Fair in 1925 and was later an agent of the French Resistance durring World War II. She was also the First African-American woman to star in a major film.
  5. She was a stage actor and the first African-American to be awarded an Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts for her role in Gone With the Wind.
  6. The doctor who discovered how to separate plasma from red blood cells, lengthening the time blood could be stored for transfusion.
  7. The first African-American elected to the office of President of the United States.
  8. Media Mogul, philanthropist, and household name, this woman is the first African-American Billionaire.

16 Clues: The First African American Astronaut. • She was the first African-American woman in space. • The first African-American United States Supreme Court Justice. • The first African American airman to fight in WWII, veteran of 78 combat missions. • The first African-American elected to the office of President of the United States. • ...

Black History month A.R 2023-02-14

Black History month A.R crossword puzzle
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  1. She escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 slaves, including family and friends, using the Underground Railroad. (2wds)
  2. He's known for “Madea" (2wds)
  3. She served as First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 as the wife of former President Barack Obama. (2 wds)
  4. She is an American actor, singer, and dancer who first gained fame for comedic roles on the Disney Channel (1 wd)
  5. He is known for the movie “ The Karate Kid” and the song “ Never say never” (2 wds)
  6. He hosts popular television shows like Family Feud and the Miss Universe competition. (2 wds.)
  7. He was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop" (2 wds)
  8. Singer that sang “All I want for Christmas is you” (2 wds)
  9. His famous quote is “ I have a dream” (initials)
  10. She is Micheal Jackson's sister (2 wds)
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  1. He was the first African-American president of the United States. (2 wds)
  2. She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School on November 14, 1960. (2 wds)
  3. she is an American former professional tennis player. Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time (2 wds)
  4. She was an American activist in the Montgomery bus boycott. That refused vacate a seat on a bus (2 wds)
  5. He is a television host for Wild 'n Out, America's Got Talent, Lip Sync Battle Shorties, and The Masked Singer. (2 wds)
  6. She was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama. Claudette"_____"

16 Clues: He's known for “Madea" (2wds) • She is Micheal Jackson's sister (2 wds) • His famous quote is “ I have a dream” (initials) • Singer that sang “All I want for Christmas is you” (2 wds) • He was the first African-American president of the United States. (2 wds) • She was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama. Claudette"_____" • ...

McIntire's Black History Month Crossword 2022 2022-02-15

McIntire's Black History Month Crossword 2022 crossword puzzle
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  1. The first Black Greek-letter fraternity
  2. The last name of the creator of black history month. Often referred to as "The father of Black History"
  3. First Black President of Harvard Law Review
  4. Author of Hidden Figures and McIntire Alum
  5. Youngest African American Woman to Launch a Line at Sephora and McIntire Alumna
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  1. Creator of the let's move campaign and named the most admired woman in the U.S. for the third consecutive year (Gallup Polling)
  2. The first Black artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year
  3. The first Black Greek-letter sorority
  4. First president to recognize Black History Month in 1976
  5. Black Mamba

10 Clues: Black Mamba • The first Black Greek-letter sorority • The first Black Greek-letter fraternity • Author of Hidden Figures and McIntire Alum • First Black President of Harvard Law Review • First president to recognize Black History Month in 1976 • The first Black artist to win a Grammy for Album of the Year • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2019-02-18

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. She was the first African-American woman in space.
  2. First African-American United States Supreme Court Justice.
  3. He was the first African-American broadcast news network anchor ever to air on television.
  4. She was a stage actor and was the first African-American to be awarded an Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts for her role in Gone With the Wind.
  5. First African-American woman to star in a major film.
  6. The first African American airman to fight in WWII, veteran of 78 combat missions.
  7. First African-American to hold an international pilot’s license.
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  1. First African-American elected to the office of President of the United States.
  2. The First African American Astronaut.
  3. First African-American Billionaire.
  4. A prominent legal advocate in the Bankhead-Jones act, she was the first African-American woman to practice law before the supreme court of the United States.
  5. The doctor who discovered how to separate plasma from red blood cells, lengthening the time blood could be stored for transfusion.
  6. She may have been the first African-American woman to graduate college and she started Cleveland Ohio's first school for Black Americans.
  7. The first African-American child to integrate into an all-white school at the age of 6.
  8. Number 42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, he broke the color line in baseball which restricted major league teams from admitting black players.
  9. An American political scientist and diplomat, first African-American to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.

16 Clues: First African-American Billionaire. • The First African American Astronaut. • She was the first African-American woman in space. • First African-American woman to star in a major film. • First African-American United States Supreme Court Justice. • First African-American to hold an international pilot’s license. • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2019-02-18

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The first African-American elected to the office of President of the United States.
  2. Number 42 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, he broke the color line in baseball which restricted major league teams from admitting black players.
  3. A Stunt Pilot in the early 20th century, this woman was the first African-American to hold an international pilot’s license.
  4. The first African-American United States Supreme Court Justice.
  5. This political scientist and diplomat who helped form the United Nations was first African-American to be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
  6. The first African-American child to integrate into an all-white school at the age of 6.
  7. A renown enterainer who got her start in vaudeville, this woman went on to perform at the Paris World Fair in 1925 and was later an agent of the French Resistance durring World War II. She was also the First African-American woman to star in a major film.
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  1. She was a stage actor and the first African-American to be awarded an Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts for her role in Gone With the Wind.
  2. He was a dedicated journalist with more than 5 awards and he was the first African-American broadcast news network anchor ever to air on television.
  3. A prominent legal advocate in the Bankhead-Jones act, she was the first African-American woman to practice law before the supreme court of the United States.
  4. The First African American Astronaut.
  5. The doctor who discovered how to separate plasma from red blood cells, lengthening the time blood could be stored for transfusion.
  6. The first African American airman to fight in WWII, veteran of 78 combat missions.
  7. She was the first African-American woman in space.
  8. Media Mogul, philanthropist, and household name, this woman is the first African-American Billionaire.
  9. A staunch abbolitionist in the mid 19th centurty, she was the first African-American woman to complete a 4 year university course and she started Cleveland Ohio's first school for Black Americans.

16 Clues: The First African American Astronaut. • She was the first African-American woman in space. • The first African-American United States Supreme Court Justice. • The first African American airman to fight in WWII, veteran of 78 combat missions. • The first African-American elected to the office of President of the United States. • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2022-01-31

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
  2. NASA mathematician who was instrumental in putting an astronaut in orbit around the Earth
  3. First black female pilot
  4. First black female in space
  5. 44th president of the U.S.
  6. First black athlete to play in the MLB
  7. Basketball player with a multi-billion-dollar shoe line
  8. Human rights activist and minister
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  1. Conductor on the Underground Railroad
  2. She has her OWN network
  3. NASA scientist who invented the Super Soaker
  4. Winner of 28 Grammy Awards
  5. He had a dream
  6. First black Secretary of State
  7. Neurosurgeon who participated in the first reported separation of conjoined twins
  8. Arrested for refusing to give up her seat
  9. Author, poet, and civil rights activist

17 Clues: He had a dream • She has her OWN network • First black female pilot • Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. • Winner of 28 Grammy Awards • 44th president of the U.S. • First black female in space • First black Secretary of State • Human rights activist and minister • Conductor on the Underground Railroad • First black athlete to play in the MLB • Author, poet, and civil rights activist • ...

Black History Month Project 2024-02-23

Black History Month Project crossword puzzle
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  1. helped to raise public awareness of racial and sexual oppression
  2. made multiple trips on the Underground Railroad, saving enslaved people
  3. worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to organize the successful boycott of the segregated local bus system in Montgomery
  4. led and helped organize many of the seminal moments in the Civil Rights movement, including the Freedom Rides, the 1963 March on Washington, and the Selma to Montgomery Marches.
  5. invigorated the struggle for racial equality when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man
  6. led the movement to end segregation and counter prejudice in the United States
  7. became a Methodist preacher, an outspoken advocate of racial equality and a founder of the African Methodist Church
  8. person who broke the color barrier in MLB in 1947
  9. the first Black woman in Congress and worked towards racial and gender equality
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  1. fought throughout most of his career for the abolition of slavery and wrote a book about himself
  2. fought against cruel Jim Crow laws, protested segregation in education, and launched an investigation into the Emmett Till lynching
  3. he also won the landmark Brown v. the Board of Education in 1954, which outlawed segregated schools and paved the way for the integration of all public facilities and businesses
  4. the first fighter to win the world heavyweight championship on three separate occasions and known for his social message of black pride and black resistance to white domination and for refusing induction into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.
  5. built a socially responsible business, helped develop African American industry, created economic opportunity for women
  6. was a field secretary and director of branches for the N.A.A.C.P. in the 1940s, and she traveled throughout the Jim Crow South, organizing against discrimination and recruiting people to the Civil Rights Movement.
  7. a poet, singer, autobiographer, and civil rights activist and wrote a book called I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

16 Clues: person who broke the color barrier in MLB in 1947 • helped to raise public awareness of racial and sexual oppression • made multiple trips on the Underground Railroad, saving enslaved people • led the movement to end segregation and counter prejudice in the United States • the first Black woman in Congress and worked towards racial and gender equality • ...

Black History Month Vocabulary 2024-02-28

Black History Month Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. ___________ of the laws, or not knowing them, doesn't mean you don't have to follow them.
  2. After a day of difficult __________, the best thing is to sit back with a lemonade and watch TV.
  3. Some states have ___________ the death penalty, some still have it.
  4. Now that he has been caught, they can finally bring the criminal to ________.
  5. A good activist will ________ the people so they feel that they can make a change in their community.
  6. Some schools aim to _______ technology into the class; some want the electronics to stay home.
  7. The workers showed _______ by walking off the job and demanding better pay together.
  8. I think the work was too hard for me; I __________ to get anything right.
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  1. She works hard every day and shows great __________.
  2. Because not everyone can fight for themselves, Ms. Barnes will ________ for them.
  3. Rebels fought to _________ their country from an evil king.
  4. At my old school, boys and girls were _________ into different buildings.
  5. She fought against ____________ by dressing and acting differently than her peers.
  6. Judges are supposed to not take sides and not have a _________ from outside the courtroom
  7. The Black Panthers wanted a _________ in America. They wanted a new system free from exploitation.
  8. A good teacher values _________ and treats all their students fairly.

16 Clues: She works hard every day and shows great __________. • Rebels fought to _________ their country from an evil king. • Some states have ___________ the death penalty, some still have it. • A good teacher values _________ and treats all their students fairly. • At my old school, boys and girls were _________ into different buildings. • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2024-02-21

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Last Name: African American artist famous for his paintings depicting African American life
  2. First Name: African American artist known for her paintings inspired by the Harlem Renaissance
  3. Last Name: Singer known as the "Queen of Soul"
  4. First Name: First African American Supreme Court Justice, serving from October 1967 until October 1991
  5. First Name: African American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.
  6. Last Name: African American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.
  7. Last Name: First African American Supreme Court Justice, serving from October 1967 until October 1991
  8. First Name: African American artist famous for his paintings depicting African American life
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  1. First Name: Singer known as the "Queen of Soul"
  2. Last Name: First African American principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre
  3. Last Name: African American abolitionist and political activist.
  4. Last Name: African American poet and civil rights activist known for her work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  5. First Name: First African American principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre
  6. Last Name: African American artist known for her paintings inspired by the Harlem Renaissance
  7. First Name: African American abolitionist and political activist.
  8. First Name: African American poet and civil rights activist known for her work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"

16 Clues: Last Name: Singer known as the "Queen of Soul" • First Name: Singer known as the "Queen of Soul" • Last Name: African American abolitionist and political activist. • First Name: African American abolitionist and political activist. • Last Name: First African American principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre • ...

Spanish Vocab Words 2023-02-17

Spanish Vocab Words crossword puzzle
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  1. August
  2. June
  3. April
  4. September
  5. January
  6. Otono Fall
  7. December
  8. March
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  1. NOvember
  2. July
  3. October
  4. primavera Spring
  5. Black History Month
  6. invierno Winter
  7. May

15 Clues: May • June • July • April • March • August • October • January • NOvember • December • September • Otono Fall • invierno Winter • primavera Spring • Black History Month

Black History Women's History Month Crossword 2015-03-16

Black History Women's History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This was an African American actor who was born in Germany and he acted as Geordi LaForge in the TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation and the films Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Generations, and Star Trek: Nemesis.
  2. He was elected mayor of Gary, Indiana, and he remained in office for 20 years. He was Democrat and he was one of the first African American to serve as a mayor of a major U.S. city.
  3. She won gold medals in 400 IM and 400 freestyle relay at 1964 Olympics. She set 18 world records during career. She was the co-founder of Women's Sports Foundation in 1974.
  4. She was a Roman Catholic nun. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for working among the poorest of the poor in the world and helping them. She founded Missionaries of Charity. People remember her now because she started projects to help the ill people, orphans, the poor, and the dying.
  5. He was the son of former slaves and he won recognition with his Lyrics of Lowly Life, a collection of poems Oak and Ivy, and Majors and Minors in 1896. He didn't like his humorous poems, but he wanted to publish his other work.
  6. He greatly influenced Malcolm X and established an Islamic temple.
  7. She was an English educator. She devoted her life to the establishment of schools and institutions and the promotion of educational reforms. In 1835 she organized the Working and Visiting Society, in 1846 she opened a school for poor children, and in 1852 founded a juvenile reformatory. She made four visits to India after 1866, interesting herself in Indian education, and also lectured in the United States.
  8. This man was a leading civil rights activist in the 1960's. He was also a democrat from Georgia. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was a permanent representative under President Carter. He served as mayor of Atlanta and he ran for governor of Georgia but lost the election in 1990.
  9. She was a talk show host and actress and she was in John Waters's cult films Hairspray and Cry-Baby before she had the fame as the formerly rotund princess of daytime talk. Other films she was in were Serial Mom, Mrs. Winterbourne, and Cecil B. DeMented, which was another one of John Walter’s films.
  10. She is a congress representative from Texas that went to Yale law school. She is still part of congress today and started in 1995- today.
  11. In 1962, she created FORMAC,one of the first computer programs.
  12. He was the author of a 1950 report on racial discrimination that was cited in the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. He also was an early leader in the civil-rights movement and he founded the North Side Center for Child Development and Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited.
  13. She became the first African American to in an individual Olympic gymnastics bronze medal on floor.She won a bronze medal when she was a member of the 1992 Olympic team and she won a gold medal when she was a member of the 1996 Olympic team and a member of the fourth-place 2000 Olympic team.
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  1. She was one of the best “conductors” on the Underground Railroad and she traveled south and freed many slaves after freeing herself. During the civil war, she was a nurse for the hurt soldiers, a cook, a laundress, a scout, a spy, and she played a large part in the important raid to that freed more than 700 slaves.
  2. She was an African American lawyer and government official. African-American lawyer and government official. As an attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, she specialized in First Amendment cases. She was head of the New York City's Human Rights Commission and the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, and she taught at Georgetown Univ. Since 1991 she has been the District of Columbia's elected, non-voting delegate to the U.S. Congress.
  3. She was an Indian-American NASA astronaut. She was educated in India and America. She joined NASA in 1995 and she was the mission specialist on the space shuttle STS-87 in 1997 and after that, she became the first Indian-American woman to go into space. She was a crew member on the Shuttle Columbia when it broke up when it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere in February of 2003.
  4. She was the former CEO and President of eBay technologies.
  5. She is a very famous author who writes about her growing up between Mexico and America. She is known for her stories and poems such as "Eleven" and "My Wicked Ways".
  6. She assisted in writing many laws helping women in Illinois. She was denied entrance into the Illinois bar association even after passing the exam. She eventually was let into the bar.
  7. He was the first African American supreme court justice and he was a civil rights advocate. His most important case was the Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka case that ended segregation in public schools.
  8. He was an African American basketball player and after he won the national championship with Michigan State University, he joined the Los Angeles Lakers and won five National Basketball Association championships. In 1991 he announced that he had tested positive for HIV and then he retired from professional basketball. He worked to promote AIDS awareness after that.
  9. She was a Grammy Award-winning singer. She was a 1980's pop star. Some of her recordings include Bad Girls (1979), She Works Hard for the Money (1983), and “This Time I Know It's for Real” (1989).
  10. She is an American figure and portrait painter. She studied in Philadelphia under William Sartain and she studied in Paris in the Julian and Lazar schools. She won many honors through her career. She painted lots of wealthy patrons and celebrities, like Henry James, Clemenceau, and Cardinal Mercier. Her most well- known are The Dancing Lesson, Sita and Sarita, and Portrait of Mrs. Dupont.
  11. He was the son of former slaves and he escaped through the Underground Railroad to Canada but he went to Scotland later to study mechanical engineering. His most important accomplishment was making the lubricating cup for steam engines, stopping frequent stops and overheating.
  12. She was the Prime Minister of India who was found guilty of a crime but refused to resign. She was assassinated by her bodyguards.

25 Clues: She was the former CEO and President of eBay technologies. • In 1962, she created FORMAC,one of the first computer programs. • He greatly influenced Malcolm X and established an Islamic temple. • She was the Prime Minister of India who was found guilty of a crime but refused to resign. She was assassinated by her bodyguards. • ...

Anthony Black history month 2023-02-16

Anthony Black history month crossword puzzle
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  1. King Of Pop
  2. The Greatest Boxer
  3. The Godfather Of Gangsta Rap
  4. Actor Who Plays Madea
  5. Black Mamba
  6. Iron Mike
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  1. Big Slime (Rapper)
  2. Empress Of Soul
  3. Dominic (Rapper who made the Atl Anthem)
  4. Moe Dee
  5. Baby Pluto (Nickname)
  6. Pluto(Nickname Rapper)
  7. Beyonce's Husband
  8. 2Pac
  9. Known As Big Poppa

15 Clues: 2Pac • Moe Dee • Iron Mike • King Of Pop • Black Mamba • Empress Of Soul • Beyonce's Husband • Big Slime (Rapper) • The Greatest Boxer • Known As Big Poppa • Baby Pluto (Nickname) • Actor Who Plays Madea • Pluto(Nickname Rapper) • The Godfather Of Gangsta Rap • Dominic (Rapper who made the Atl Anthem)

Black History Month 2024 2024-01-08

Black History Month 2024 crossword puzzle
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  1. 17 year old young woman from Brozeville (IL) and earned her doctorate degree. She enrolled in college at 10 and completed her masters by 14.
  2. In the early 1930s she played a crucial role in the integration of sports. The undisputed middleweight champions
  3. She made HIstory as the first woman rapper to earn prestigious Kennedy Center Honors Award
  4. She became this year the world's highest paid female athlete
  5. She is America’s first youngest black millionaire
  6. She got a Perfect Score on the PSAT
  7. She made history as the youngest & first woman director of football operation at NC AT & T
  8. First American businesswoman and teacher in 1903.She became both the first Black American woman to charter a bank and the first Black American woman to serve as a bank president
  9. She is the 1st black to win a Pulitzer Award
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  1. He was one of the greatest champions in boxing history.From 1980-87 he was the undisputed middleweight champion of the world
  2. This 6 year old is the newest member of Mensa( This Is A prestigious society reserved or the brightest minds) She boasts an impressive IQ of 138
  3. First African American Woman to ever earn a PH.D. in Economics back in 1921
  4. He was the first known Black person to be born in the 13 colonies.
  5. She is America’s youngest African American Junior Golf Champion
  6. At 14 years old she became the youngest student to ever be accepted into the prestigious Spelman College

15 Clues: She got a Perfect Score on the PSAT • She is the 1st black to win a Pulitzer Award • She is America’s first youngest black millionaire • She became this year the world's highest paid female athlete • She is America’s youngest African American Junior Golf Champion • He was the first known Black person to be born in the 13 colonies. • ...

Black history month people 2024-02-28

Black history month people crossword puzzle
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  1. A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation
  2. conductor for the Underground Railroad. She was also a spy.
  3. was a journalist who wrote articles about the experience of black people
  4. The first black photographer
  5. One of the blacks who attended yale law school in 1931
  6. the first woman self-made millionaire
  7. Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of
  8. Maria Williams is the first person who made a color producer and her film the flames of
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  1. Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with
  2. Shirley Chisholm the first African American female elected to Congress, speaks to a crowd at the 1972
  3. Alice Coachman being the first black person to win an olympic
  4. the first licensed Black pilot in the world
  5. This black woman is known as one of the most revered poets of the 20th century
  6. Frederick Douglass escaped from
  7. Michael Jackson, King of

15 Clues: Michael Jackson, King of • The first black photographer • Frederick Douglass escaped from • the first woman self-made millionaire • the first licensed Black pilot in the world • Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of • A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation • Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with • ...

NSSHF Black History Month 2013-06-05

NSSHF Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. This Nova Scotian boxer won the Canadian Olympic Trials in 1980 but did not compete due to the Canadian boycott that year.
  2. The first black player to sign with an NHL team.
  3. Nova Scotian boxer who was never counted out in a match.
  4. During her career she established four Canadian track and field records.
  5. Nova Scotian boxer known for beating Jackie "Kid" Carter for the lightweight championship in 1964.
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  1. Nova Scotian boxer known as "Tiger".
  2. Nova Scotian softball player that pitched the first no-hitter in Pan Am Games history in 1979.
  3. He played in the CFL for 10 years.
  4. This ex-St. Mary's Huskies basketball player became one of very few Canadians drafted by the NBA.
  5. Although he is inducted for boxing, this Nova Scotian Athlete excelled in softball, basketball, volleyball, baseball, track, and swimming.
  6. Football player who won two Super Bowl rings as a member of the Dallas Cowboys.
  7. World-Class boxing official who was respected for his fairness and impartial officiating.
  8. In his 12 year boxing career, this Nova Scotian carved out a 69-10 record.
  9. Boxer who became famous as "The Boston Tar-Baby".
  10. He was the first black man to win a boxing World Championship.

15 Clues: He played in the CFL for 10 years. • Nova Scotian boxer known as "Tiger". • The first black player to sign with an NHL team. • Boxer who became famous as "The Boston Tar-Baby". • Nova Scotian boxer who was never counted out in a match. • He was the first black man to win a boxing World Championship. • ...

Black History Month II 2021-02-08

Black History Month II crossword puzzle
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  1. family and cultural identity
  2. relating to the soul or religion for moral guidance
  3. commitment to a cause
  4. a physical location where communities form
  5. a musical beat
  6. intelligence learned through experience
  7. mixing into another culture
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  1. truthful and sincere
  2. the science of family history and can be proven with DNA
  3. the story or reputation left behind after someone moves on
  4. a chance
  5. to speak up
  6. adding to something
  7. winning
  8. being active in social change

15 Clues: winning • a chance • to speak up • a musical beat • adding to something • truthful and sincere • commitment to a cause • mixing into another culture • family and cultural identity • being active in social change • intelligence learned through experience • a physical location where communities form • relating to the soul or religion for moral guidance • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2023-02-15

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. NY city known as the "birthplace of hip hop"
  2. Name of book by Alex Haley that tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America
  3. Birth city of President Barack Obama
  4. First state to elect a black governor in 1989
  5. Simone Biles is the most decorated sportsperson in which sport?
  6. First African American woman to headline Coachella
  7. Last name of the "Father of Black History"
  8. Civil rights organization working to achieve justice for African Americans
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  1. In 1981, Alexa Irene Canady, MD became the first African American woman to have this occupation
  2. Last name of the African American inventor who designed the three-way traffic light
  3. Last name of first African American woman elected as Vice President of the United States
  4. Name of holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people in America
  5. Stage name of the African American woman who just performed the half-time show at Super Bowl LVII
  6. African American mathematician Katherine J. Johnson provided calculations crucial to the work of this organization
  7. First state to abolish slavery in 1777

15 Clues: Birth city of President Barack Obama • First state to abolish slavery in 1777 • Last name of the "Father of Black History" • NY city known as the "birthplace of hip hop" • First state to elect a black governor in 1989 • First African American woman to headline Coachella • Simone Biles is the most decorated sportsperson in which sport? • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2024-02-28

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This former enslaved person spoke out against injustice.
  2. This math whiz helped explorers to reach ____ ___
  3. Michael Jackson, King of
  4. The first black female in Congress that never stopped speaking out
  5. The first black Supreme Court justice changed children’s lives
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  1. You might know her as a conductor for the Underground Railroad. She was also a spy.
  2. this scientist nurtured the land—and people’s minds
  3. this congressman used ‘good trouble’ to fight for _____ _____
  4. this journalist risked her life to report the truth
  5. Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., never backed down in his stand against ______.
  6. This African American pilot helped fly the United States to victory.
  7. This former enslaved person inspired others to fight for _____
  8. This educator helped African Americans improve their lives
  9. the first woman self-made millionaire
  10. her refusal to give up her seat sparked a movement

15 Clues: Michael Jackson, King of • the first woman self-made millionaire • This math whiz helped explorers to reach ____ ___ • her refusal to give up her seat sparked a movement • this scientist nurtured the land—and people’s minds • this journalist risked her life to report the truth • This former enslaved person spoke out against injustice. • ...

Black history month people 2024-02-28

Black history month people crossword puzzle
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  1. A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation
  2. conductor for the Underground Railroad. She was also a spy.
  3. was a journalist who wrote articles about the experience of black people
  4. The first black photographer
  5. One of the blacks who attended yale law school in 1931
  6. the first woman self-made millionaire
  7. Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of
  8. Maria Williams is the first person who made a color producer and her film the flames of
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  1. Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with
  2. Shirley Chisholm the first African American female elected to Congress, speaks to a crowd at the 1972
  3. Alice Coachman being the first black person to win an olympic
  4. the first licensed Black pilot in the world
  5. This black woman is known as one of the most revered poets of the 20th century
  6. Frederick Douglass escaped from
  7. Michael Jackson, King of

15 Clues: Michael Jackson, King of • The first black photographer • Frederick Douglass escaped from • the first woman self-made millionaire • the first licensed Black pilot in the world • Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of • A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation • Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with • ...

Black history month people 2024-02-28

Black history month people crossword puzzle
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  1. A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation
  2. conductor for the Underground Railroad. She was also a spy.
  3. was a journalist who wrote articles about the experience of black people
  4. The first black photographer
  5. One of the blacks who attended yale law school in 1931
  6. the first woman self-made millionaire
  7. Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of
  8. Maria Williams is the first person who made a color producer and her film the flames of
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  1. Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with
  2. Shirley Chisholm the first African American female elected to Congress, speaks to a crowd at the 1972
  3. Alice Coachman being the first black person to win an olympic
  4. the first licensed Black pilot in the world
  5. This black woman is known as one of the most revered poets of the 20th century
  6. Frederick Douglass escaped from
  7. Michael Jackson, King of

15 Clues: Michael Jackson, King of • The first black photographer • Frederick Douglass escaped from • the first woman self-made millionaire • the first licensed Black pilot in the world • Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of • A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation • Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with • ...

February Crossword 2024-02-07

February Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. “_____ to _____” (M. DeMarco)
  2. _____ day; a Korean holiday for single folk without Valentine’s
  3. ______ admirer
  4. little candy hearts with words
  5. “I need a ____” (B. Tyler)
  6. an infatuation for someone
  7. “‘cause you’ll always be my ____” (M. Carey)
  8. ___ Wednesday
  9. Valentine’s day date
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  1. federal US holiday
  2. a common Valentine’s gift
  3. “can’t take my ____ off of you” (F. Valli)
  4. _____ are red, violets are blue
  5. month of love
  6. Black _______ Month
  7. the Greek god of love
  8. “L is for the way you ____ at me” (N. King Cole)
  9. where St. Valentine was born

18 Clues: month of love • ___ Wednesday • ______ admirer • federal US holiday • Black _______ Month • Valentine’s day date • the Greek god of love • a common Valentine’s gift • “I need a ____” (B. Tyler) • an infatuation for someone • where St. Valentine was born • “_____ to _____” (M. DeMarco) • little candy hearts with words • _____ are red, violets are blue • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2023-02-13

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Black History Month is celebrated in what month?
  2. George Washington Carver invented what?
  3. First African American student to integrate the all-white William Frantz elementary school
  4. Location of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
  5. created the ultraviolet camera
  6. War between the north and south
  7. First black justice appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
  8. "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
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  1. first self-made female millionaire
  2. The first licensed black pilot in the world
  3. The first colony to ban slavery in 1777
  4. The first black woman who ran for president in 1972 and was almost what 3 times?
  5. Garrett Morgan was the first black person in Cleveland, Ohio, to own a what?
  6. Granville Woods was an American inventor who held more than 50 what?
  7. Known for not giving up her seat in Birmingham AL.

15 Clues: created the ultraviolet camera • War between the north and south • first self-made female millionaire • The first colony to ban slavery in 1777 • George Washington Carver invented what? • The first licensed black pilot in the world • Location of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial • Black History Month is celebrated in what month? • ...

Black History month people 2023-02-14

Black History month people crossword puzzle
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  1. Singing and R&B sensibilities in hip hop
  2. 44th President___Barack (3w)
  3. First Native American to hold a pilot license. She earned her license
  4. Greatest speakers in U.S
  5. king of pop (2w)
  6. The lead singer of Destiny's
  7. First african child to go to a (7w)
  8. The Genius
  9. The Fresh Prince
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  1. King of R&B
  2. Black mamba
  3. Songbird Supreme
  4. She was arrested at the age of 15 in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing
  5. Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, known professionally minaj
  6. Professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball

15 Clues: The Genius • King of R&B • Black mamba • Songbird Supreme • king of pop (2w) • The Fresh Prince • Greatest speakers in U.S • The lead singer of Destiny's • 44th President___Barack (3w) • First african child to go to a (7w) • Singing and R&B sensibilities in hip hop • Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, known professionally minaj • ...

Black History month project 2023-02-14

Black History month project crossword puzzle
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  1. Championship boxer and civil rights activist
  2. She goes on stage to Perform her dances
  3. was in the NBA
  4. went to a all white school
  5. He is in the tv show stranger Things
  6. One of the most influential figures in the history of jazz music
  7. She is in the tv show ravens Home
  8. saved 70 slaves
  9. Made music at the age of 5
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  1. Is married to Barack Obama
  2. refused to give up her Seat to a white women
  3. A scientist that helped farmers
  4. The greatest basketball player in History
  5. Scientist and astronomer from the 1700s who wrote a popular almanac
  6. She is a african american dancer /actor

15 Clues: was in the NBA • saved 70 slaves • Is married to Barack Obama • went to a all white school • Made music at the age of 5 • A scientist that helped farmers • She is in the tv show ravens Home • He is in the tv show stranger Things • She goes on stage to Perform her dances • She is a african american dancer /actor • The greatest basketball player in History • ...

Black History Month III 2021-02-21

Black History Month III crossword puzzle
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  1. has not received recommended schooling
  2. a type of literature with a specific rhythm
  3. written form of art
  4. something that upsets people
  5. preventing art from being shared or created
  6. an imaginary story
  7. amount of force used to accomplish a task
  8. act of trying
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  1. real or imaginary account told for a purpose
  2. to make something better
  3. a true/factual story
  4. stopping something from happening
  5. digital form of mass communication
  6. reality rooted in fact
  7. a danger

15 Clues: a danger • act of trying • an imaginary story • written form of art • a true/factual story • reality rooted in fact • to make something better • something that upsets people • stopping something from happening • digital form of mass communication • has not received recommended schooling • amount of force used to accomplish a task • a type of literature with a specific rhythm • ...

Black history month people 2024-02-28

Black history month people crossword puzzle
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  1. A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation
  2. conductor for the Underground Railroad. She was also a spy.
  3. was a journalist who wrote articles about the experience of black people
  4. The first black photographer
  5. One of the blacks who attended yale law school in 1931
  6. the first woman self-made millionaire
  7. Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of
  8. Maria Williams is the first person who made a color producer and her film the flames of
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  1. Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with
  2. Shirley Chisholm the first African American female elected to Congress, speaks to a crowd at the 1972
  3. Alice Coachman being the first black person to win an olympic
  4. the first licensed Black pilot in the world
  5. This black woman is known as one of the most revered poets of the 20th century
  6. Frederick Douglass escaped from
  7. Michael Jackson, King of

15 Clues: Michael Jackson, King of • The first black photographer • Frederick Douglass escaped from • the first woman self-made millionaire • the first licensed Black pilot in the world • Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of • A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation • Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2022-01-25

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The main male actor in Love & Basketball
  2. Last name of author who wrote Beloved
  3. This chef grew up in St. Lucia and cooked in kitchens all around the Caribbean. Completed in Top Chef in 2013.
  4. Their ____ Were Watching God
  5. A movie about Dr. King
  6. Last name of the main actress in the movie Photograph
  7. This is where James Baldwin's house "Chez Baldwin was located
  8. Title of the movie responsible for the phrase "Bye Felicia"
  9. Known for other popular works, this author wrote an autobiography titled "Dust Tracks on a Road"
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  1. This person's restaurants are called Salare, Junebaby, and Lucinda Grain Bar
  2. The legendary saxophone player in the movie soul
  3. The love interest in the Color Purple
  4. Black Trans Activist Who was known for her work with the LGBTQAI+ movement.
  5. Juan's nickname from when he was little. (Movie: Moonlight).
  6. A movie starring Brandy and Whitney Houston

15 Clues: A movie about Dr. King • Their ____ Were Watching God • Last name of author who wrote Beloved • The love interest in the Color Purple • The main male actor in Love & Basketball • A movie starring Brandy and Whitney Houston • The legendary saxophone player in the movie soul • Last name of the main actress in the movie Photograph • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2023-02-08

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Madam C.J. Walker became America's first female, self-made millionaire by selling this product
  2. This athlete quoted "life is not a spectator sport"?
  3. What was the Greenwood area of Tulsa, Oklahoma also known as?
  4. Beyoncé became the person with the most Grammy awards of all time in 2023 with this album
  5. The first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner
  6. In 1981, became the first Black person to host a network morning show when he joined NBC’s Today show
  7. The first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State?
  8. In 1989, this state was the first to elect a black governor
  9. Credited with creating the first public school for African American children in the early 1770s
  10. This President officially recognized Black History Month in 1976
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  1. The theme for 2023 Black History Month
  2. The name of the bus driver who ordered Rosa Parks to give up her seat
  3. In 1948, Alice Coachman became the first Black woman in the world to win an Olympic gold medal while competing in this sport
  4. The first African American woman to win five Grammy Awards in one year
  5. In July 1777, ______________ became the first colony to ban slavery

15 Clues: The theme for 2023 Black History Month • The first African American Nobel Peace Prize winner • This athlete quoted "life is not a spectator sport"? • In 1989, this state was the first to elect a black governor • What was the Greenwood area of Tulsa, Oklahoma also known as? • This President officially recognized Black History Month in 1976 • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2024-02-21

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. ,This African American pilot helped fly the United States to victory.
  2. ,This scientist nurtured the land—and people’s minds
  3. ,This educator helped African Americans improve their lives
  4. ,Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., never backed down in his stand against ______.
  5. ,The first black female in Congress that never stopped speaking out.
  6. ,This journalist risked her life to report the truth
  7. ,You might know her as a conductor for the Underground Railroad. She was also a spy.
  8. ,Michael Jackson, King of
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  1. ,This former enslaved person spoke out against injustice.
  2. ,The first black Supreme Court justice changed children’s lives
  3. ,Her refusal to give up her seat sparked a movement
  4. , This congressman used ‘good trouble’ to fight for _____ _____
  5. ,This math whiz helped explorers to reach ____ ___
  6. ,The first woman self-made millionaire
  7. ,This former enslaved person inspired others to fight for _____

15 Clues: ,Michael Jackson, King of • ,The first woman self-made millionaire • ,Her refusal to give up her seat sparked a movement • ,This math whiz helped explorers to reach ____ ___ • ,This scientist nurtured the land—and people’s minds • ,This journalist risked her life to report the truth • ,This former enslaved person spoke out against injustice. • ...

Black History Month Puzzle 2024-02-26

Black History Month Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. refused to give up her seat on the bus
  2. american host and tv producer
  3. helped free the slaves
  4. first african-american president
  5. civil rights activist and famous poet
  6. basketball player that played for the chicago bulls
  7. basketball player, played for the lakers, really tall(7,1)
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  1. famous basketball player
  2. American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist
  3. famous boxer nicknamed "the greatest"
  4. famous female singer
  5. "I have a dream..."
  6. Washington Carver first and last name of the first president
  7. X civil rights activist
  8. first african-american baseball player

15 Clues: "I have a dream..." • famous female singer • helped free the slaves • X civil rights activist • famous basketball player • american host and tv producer • first african-american president • famous boxer nicknamed "the greatest" • civil rights activist and famous poet • refused to give up her seat on the bus • first african-american baseball player • ...

Black history month people 2024-02-28

Black history month people crossword puzzle
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  1. A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation
  2. conductor for the Underground Railroad. She was also a spy.
  3. was a journalist who wrote articles about the experience of black people
  4. The first black photographer
  5. One of the blacks who attended yale law school in 1931
  6. the first woman self-made millionaire
  7. Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of
  8. Maria Williams is the first person who made a color producer and her film the flames of
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  1. Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with
  2. Shirley Chisholm the first African American female elected to Congress, speaks to a crowd at the 1972
  3. Alice Coachman being the first black person to win an olympic
  4. the first licensed Black pilot in the world
  5. This black woman is known as one of the most revered poets of the 20th century
  6. Frederick Douglass escaped from
  7. Michael Jackson, King of

15 Clues: Michael Jackson, King of • The first black photographer • Frederick Douglass escaped from • the first woman self-made millionaire • the first licensed Black pilot in the world • Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of • A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation • Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with • ...

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg 2024-03-26

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg crossword puzzle
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  1. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black History is considered a _______ of his life work.
  2. He's referred to as the _____ Black history.
  3. what political group did he co-found?
  4. He collected an archive of ___ thousand items related to African American history.
  5. What month was he born in?
  6. He was a historian,_____, curator, and activist.
  7. He wrote articles for major _______ including The Crisis, Negro World, and Opportunity.
  8. All of his wives were named _____.
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  1. What's the name of the essay he wrote?
  2. Where was he born?
  3. he has a ______ named after him.
  4. He co-founded the _______for Historical Research.
  5. Who purchased Schomburg's collection of African American history in 1926?
  6. He has _____ children.
  7. He worked as elevator operator,______, and printer.
  8. He served as leader of the _______.
  9. "The Negro Digs Up His Past" was published in what magazine?
  10. At night he took classes at _______ Central High.
  11. He immigrated to _____ at the age of 17.
  12. he wrote about the history of _____ diaspora

20 Clues: Where was he born? • He has _____ children. • What month was he born in? • he has a ______ named after him. • All of his wives were named _____. • He served as leader of the _______. • what political group did he co-found? • What's the name of the essay he wrote? • He immigrated to _____ at the age of 17. • He's referred to as the _____ Black history. • ...

NSSHF Black History Month 2013-06-05

NSSHF Black History Month crossword puzzle
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  1. Boxer who became famous as "The Boston Tar-Baby".
  2. Nova Scotian softball player that pitched the first no-hitter in Pan Am Games history in 1979.
  3. Nova Scotian boxer known for beating Jackie "Kid" Carter for the lightweight championship in 1964.
  4. The first black player to sign with an NHL team.
  5. This ex-St. Mary's Huskies basketball player became one of very few Canadians drafted by the NBA.
  6. Nova Scotian boxer known as "Tiger".
  7. This Nova Scotian boxer won the Canadian Olympic Trials in 1980 but did not compete due to the Canadian boycott that year.
  8. Football player who won two Super Bowl rings as a member of the Dallas Cowboys.
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  1. He played in the CFL for 10 years.
  2. During her career she established four Canadian track and field records.
  3. Although he is inducted for boxing, this Nova Scotian Athlete excelled in softball, basketball, volleyball, baseball, track, and swimming.
  4. World-Class boxing official who was respected for his fairness and impartial officiating.
  5. In his 12 year boxing career, this Nova Scotian carved out a 69-10 record.
  6. He was the first black man to win a boxing World Championship.
  7. Nova Scotian boxer who was never counted out in a match.

15 Clues: He played in the CFL for 10 years. • Nova Scotian boxer known as "Tiger". • The first black player to sign with an NHL team. • Boxer who became famous as "The Boston Tar-Baby". • Nova Scotian boxer who was never counted out in a match. • He was the first black man to win a boxing World Championship. • ...

Black History Month Crossword 2022-02-15

Black History Month Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. The quality of being just, or moral righteousness
  2. The condition of being enslaved
  3. relating to citizens
  4. the exercise of power in a harmful way
  5. something special happening
  6. intense force
  7. extreme hatred of a person of the opposite race
  8. involvement in a movement
  9. the ability to be able to do anything
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  1. an appropriate or favorable time or occasion
  2. The knowledge of past events
  3. being taught something
  4. Something that is passed down, a trait
  5. To get over something
  6. normal, calm time of a place or country

15 Clues: intense force • relating to citizens • To get over something • being taught something • involvement in a movement • something special happening • The knowledge of past events • The condition of being enslaved • the ability to be able to do anything • Something that is passed down, a trait • the exercise of power in a harmful way • normal, calm time of a place or country • ...

Black History Month 2023 2023-02-08

Black History Month 2023 crossword puzzle
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  1. Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to go where?
  2. In what month was Frederick Douglass born?
  3. What is the last name of the first African American woman elected to Congress?
  4. Before he was elected president of the United States, Barack Obama served as a U.S. senator of which Midwestern state?
  5. What is the last name of the first African American to receive the Nobel Prize for literature?
  6. In what business did the first “sit-in” occur at a segregated lunch counter?
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  1. ________ Airmen is the nickname for the all Black 332d Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps which escorted Allied Bombers through European airspace on 1,578 mission during World War II
  2. What is the acronym for America's oldest and largest civil rights organization?
  3. The Omaha ____ is the only remaining African-American newspaper in Omaha
  4. What was Rosa Parks’ occupation at the time of her historic bus incident?
  5. Who was the first president to recognize Black History Month?
  6. What is the last name of the Virginia slave who mailed himself to freedom in 1849?
  7. What is the acronym for the group that launched the Freedom Rides in 1961?
  8. Which U.S. president signed the Emancipation Act?
  9. ___ once said, "Everybody can be great because everybody can serve."

15 Clues: In what month was Frederick Douglass born? • Which U.S. president signed the Emancipation Act? • Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to go where? • Who was the first president to recognize Black History Month? • ___ once said, "Everybody can be great because everybody can serve." • ...

black history month g.e 2023-02-14

black history month g.e crossword puzzle
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  1. Spider-man love interest MJ
  2. Was in a relationship with Kim Kardashian(2 wds.)
  3. Singer of "Single Ladies"
  4. Nickname 2pac (2 wds.)
  5. “King of Pop” (2 wds.)
  6. “The greatest boxer” (2 wds.)
  7. “Wakanda Forever” Chadwick (2 wds.)
  8. “Queen of pop” (2 wds.)
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  1. Plays a person named “Madea” (2 wds.)
  2. Michael Jackson's sister (2 wds.)
  3. His wife is Beyonce
  4. Friends with Dwayne Johnson (2 wds.)
  5. Plays the genie in Aladdin in 2019 (2 wds.)
  6. Plays the Zebra in Madagascar (2 wds.)
  7. Singer of “All I Want for Christmas is you” (2 wds.)

15 Clues: His wife is Beyonce • “King of Pop” (2 wds.) • Nickname 2pac (2 wds.) • “Queen of pop” (2 wds.) • Singer of "Single Ladies" • Spider-man love interest MJ • “The greatest boxer” (2 wds.) • Michael Jackson's sister (2 wds.) • Friends with Dwayne Johnson (2 wds.) • “Wakanda Forever” Chadwick (2 wds.) • Plays a person named “Madea” (2 wds.) • ...

Black history month people 2024-02-28

Black history month people crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation
  2. conductor for the Underground Railroad. She was also a spy.
  3. was a journalist who wrote articles about the experience of black people
  4. The first black photographer
  5. One of the blacks who attended yale law school in 1931
  6. the first woman self-made millionaire
  7. Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of
  8. Maria Williams is the first person who made a color producer and her film the flames of
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  1. Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with
  2. Shirley Chisholm the first African American female elected to Congress, speaks to a crowd at the 1972
  3. Alice Coachman being the first black person to win an olympic
  4. the first licensed Black pilot in the world
  5. This black woman is known as one of the most revered poets of the 20th century
  6. Frederick Douglass escaped from
  7. Michael Jackson, King of

15 Clues: Michael Jackson, King of • The first black photographer • Frederick Douglass escaped from • the first woman self-made millionaire • the first licensed Black pilot in the world • Rose Marie McCoy wrote and produced a lot of • A girl who resisted and arrest for segregation • Katherine Johnson one of the first to work with • ...