Black History

5. First (1992) black woman in space from Decatur AL.
7. Bill Pickett Invitational founded in 1984.
11. Hiram Rhodes Revels was the first black one in 1870.
12. He became the first black person to host a network morning show in 1981.
14. 30K Free slaves settled in this Kansas town 1870-1890.
16. The Great ____________ (1910)where millions of poor AA in the south moved North for employment in factories in large cities.
17. Queen of Soul

1. King of Blues
2. Federal holiday commemorating the ending of slavery announced in Texas 1865.
3. 1619 First African slaves brought to America from this present-day country in Africa.
4. Growing technology for this food source was brought to Carolina from W. Indies.
6. First (1773)black run institution in the US was church in this city.
8. negative term given to AA to introduce segregation laws in the South.
9. First US colony to ban slavery in 1777.
10. Black magazine founded in 1945.
13. First name of a 14 year old child killed in 1955 for offending a white woman who later recanted her statement
15. 1979 song Rapper's Delight was recorded by ________ Gang.