black history

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Across
  1. 5. First Black mayor of Charlotte and first African American student at Clemson University
  2. 6. Mecklenburg County's first Black nurse, responsible for breaking color barriers in public health
  3. 7. CMPD's first Black officer in 1946 after serving in World War II
  4. 8. Civil rights attorney who opened the first integrated law firm in NC
  5. 9. last name of the reverend responsible for "I Have a Dream"
Down
  1. 1. first Black person to not give up her seat on the segregated bus
  2. 2. Black female mathematician responsible for calculating NASA's flight paths
  3. 3. Black artist and activist who opposed the Vietnam War by protesting at military recruitment sites
  4. 4. Black ad artist who designed the winning Mecklenburg County seal in 1964 at the age of 20