Black History Month

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Across
  1. 4. Former enslaved person who became a powerful abolitionist speaker and writer.
  2. 8. The“Father of Black History” who created Negro History Week.
  3. 9. Between 1910 and 1970, millions of African Americans moved north and west
  4. 11. NASA mathematician whose calculations helped send astronauts to space.
  5. 12. Advocated for Black empowerment, self-defense, and pride.
Down
  1. 1. Escaped slavery and led others to freedom through the Underground Railroad.
  2. 2. U.S. President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
  3. 3. First Black woman elected to Congress.
  4. 5. Broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier in 1947.
  5. 6. Laws, enforcing racial segregation in schools,
  6. 7. First Black woman astronaut.
  7. 10. Refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.