Black History Month

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Across
  1. 4. Was an author, influential leader, and presidential adviser
  2. 6. American activist and chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.
  3. 9. Laws that enforced racial segregation in Southern states
  4. 10. Abolitionist and political activist. Made 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people.
  5. 11. Professional boxer, activist, philanthropist, and entertainer. Nicknamed “The Greatest”
  6. 13. Ruled that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconsitutional
  7. 14. Allowed racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine
Down
  1. 1. This famous activist and author was one of the founders of the NAACP
  2. 2. Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), author of the award-winning book “Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption”
  3. 3. First African American to play in Major League baseball
  4. 5. First African-American to graduate from Little Rock Central High school
  5. 7. A civil rights activist and Baptist minister
  6. 8. Abolished slavery except for as punishment for a crime.
  7. 12. African American Muslim who was a human rights activist, popular during the civil rights movement