Black American History

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Across
  1. 3. Sang at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after being denied access to Constitution Hall.
  2. 7. The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968.
  3. 8. Revolutionary organization founded in 1966 that issued a call for Black Power.
  4. 11. Led an 1831 rebellion in Virginia; an educated enslaved man, preacher, and mystic.
  5. 12. Thousands of Black people who migrated to Kansas in 1879 to escape segregation.
  6. 13. The 1811 uprising where 300-500 free and enslaved Black people planned to take New Orleans.
Down
  1. 1. Movement created in 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman.
  2. 2. The 1841 mutiny where 135 enslaved people seized a ship and headed to the Bahamas.
  3. 4. The first Black man in space, reaching orbit in 1983.
  4. 5. First Black woman landowner in Boston (1663).
  5. 6. The 1957 group of students who integrated Central High School.
  6. 9. Journalist who sued a railroad for segregation (1884) and published Southern Horrors (1892).
  7. 10. The first Black U.S. Senator, who took office in 1870.