Black History Month

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Across
  1. 3. The _ proclamation was an official order that Abraham Lincoln issued that freed the slaves in the US.
  2. 5. All Eyez On Me is an album by this notorious rapper
  3. 8. Singer/Songwriter of "Isn't She lovely" (last name)
  4. 9. Barack Obama was senator in this state before his presidency
  5. 11. Laws that segregated black people
  6. 14. First African American Supreme Court Justice (last name)
  7. 15. First Black military pilots in the 1940's
  8. 17. The state where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat.
  9. 18. He played Marty in Madagascar
  10. 19. First African American in MLB (last name)
  11. 20. Conductor of the underground railroad (last name)
Down
  1. 1. Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
  2. 2. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" author
  3. 4. The King of Pop
  4. 6. Muhammad Ali's nickname
  5. 7. She was one of the first black kids to go to a white school
  6. 10. this Amendment abolished slavery
  7. 12. one of America's first millionaires as a result of a hair care line. (last name)
  8. 13. Shaquille Oneal was drafted by this team in the 1992 NBA drat pick
  9. 16. Sang the hit single "What's Goin On"