Black history month

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Across
  1. 1. into slavery, Booker T. Washington overcame many barriers that were blocking him from getting an education.
  2. 4. Douglass taught himself to read and write at a young age. After escaping slavery, he became an author, public speaker, and prominent leader of the abolitionist movement.
  3. 5. Harris is the vice president today she is one of the first afircan american woman to be vice president.
  4. 7. Parks was a civil rights activist in Alabama and the secretary of the Montgomery chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
  5. 9. Winfrey is a famous television producer and personality, philanthropist, and author. She is the first African American woman to have her very own television production company.
  6. 10. a player for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson was the first African American professional baseball player in U.S. Major League Baseball.
  7. 12. West is one of the most successful music artist today he has won 4 grammys and is has one of the most listened to songs.
Down
  1. 1. Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the very first African American president.
  2. 2. of the most well-known civil rights leaders. was a Baptist minister and activist who fought against racial inequality Martin Luther King Jr.
  3. 3. Evers was a World War II veteran and Civil Rights leader. He was the NAACP’s first field officer in Mississippi.
  4. 6. Ali was one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He was an Olympic gold medalist and the first fighter to win the world heavyweight title three times.
  5. 8. Harvey is a game show host he is from "the hood" of his city he grew up and decided he was gonna escape the hood so now he is a multi-millionare.
  6. 11. first African-American woman elected to serve in Congress in 1968, Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman to seek the U.S. presidential nomination from a major party.