Black History Month

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Across
  1. 1. First African American to play Major League Baseball
  2. 4. An American professional boxer and social activist
  3. 7. First ever African American president of the United States
  4. 8. First African American child to attend a whites-only school
  5. 13. One of the greatest basketball players
  6. 14. First African American justice appointed to the United States Supreme Court
  7. 15. The first female U.S Vice President
Down
  1. 2. First Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress
  2. 3. Famous for his “I Have A Dream” speech
  3. 5. First black woman to travel to space
  4. 6. Known for her unique and pioneering autobiographical writing style.
  5. 9. First African American to hold a pilot license
  6. 10. Known for escaping slavery and leading enslaved people to freedom using the "Underground Railroad"
  7. 11. One of the most famous abolitionist and women’s right speeches
  8. 12. Known as "the first lady of civil rights"