Black History Month

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Across
  1. 2. Famous gymnast and is one of the greatest female athletes in history
  2. 3. was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger when riding a segregated bus
  3. 6. the first black president of the United States
  4. 7. created the Underground Railroad
  5. 8. was the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title in 1908
  6. 10. was the first African American to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in 1894
  7. 11. Played for the Chicago Bulls basketball greatest basketball player of all time
  8. 13. became the first black member of the U.S. Senate from Mississippi
  9. 14. plays for the Lakers, and some would say in the best basketball player of all time
Down
  1. 1. was the first black player to compete in Major League Baseball
  2. 4. first black woman to be a vice president
  3. 5. had a dream that changed the women
  4. 9. was the first Black Man to become a lawyer in Ohio when he passed the bar in 1854
  5. 12. fought most of his career for the abolition of slavery and worked with Gerrit Smith