Black History Month

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Across
  1. 3. She has over 50 honorary degrees and was a celebrated poet, educator, actress, and civil rights activist
  2. 5. He did a lot of research that led to many discoveries that helped farmers. He is most known for inventing hundreds of new products that could be made from crops, especially peanuts
  3. 7. He opened the door of education to many people
  4. 8. He is known as one of the greatest Olympic Athletes of all time
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  1. 1. She devoted her life to the abolition (getting rid of) slavery
  2. 2. She was the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license
  3. 4. She refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  4. 6. She was the first African American child to attend William Frantz Elementary School, an all-white school