Black History Month

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Across
  1. 2. an abolitionist, journalist, editor, political commentator, social critic, spiritual leader, and source of hope for the community of disenfranchised Americans of the nineteenth century
  2. 6. a famed “Charleston” dancer who aligned with the civil rights movement and refused to perform in segregated venues
  3. 8. works include 'Beloved,' 'Song of Solomon,' and 'The Bluest Eye,'
  4. 9. became the first African American to sit on any legislative body in what would become the United States
  5. 10. the first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River
  6. 12. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
Down
  1. 1. a hymn written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900
  2. 3. Scientist who improved sunspot cycle predictions.
  3. 4. the first African-American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
  4. 5. Former astronaut and NASA education chief
  5. 7. Known as the “Moses of her people” and famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
  6. 11. Former NBA player who is known to many as the greatest point guard of all time