Black History Month

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Across
  1. 2. Founder of Black History Week, precursor to Black History Month
  2. 5. NAACP leader and organizer of the 1963 March on Washington
  3. 9. Olympic sprinter who raised a gloved fist in protest in 1968
  4. 12. First African American woman elected Vice President of the United States
  5. 14. Founder of BET
  6. 15. Landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that declared school segregation unconstitutional
Down
  1. 1. First African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress
  2. 3. Author of Beloved and Nobel Prize winner
  3. 4. Founder of The North Star newspaper
  4. 6. NASA mathematician portrayed in Hidden Figures
  5. 7. Revolutionary activist and scholar associated with the Black Panther Party
  6. 8. Founder of the Tuskegee Institute and advocate for vocational education
  7. 10. First Black woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State
  8. 11. First Black billionaire entrepreneur in the United States
  9. 13. The 1963 civil rights march held in Washington, D.C.