Black History Month

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  1. 1. an American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957
  2. 7. an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career
  3. 8. an American, poet, and civil rights activist
  4. 9. an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
  5. 10. an American professional baseball right fielder and designated hitter who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1954 through 1976
  6. 12. an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records
  7. 13. an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
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  1. 2. conductor of the Underground Railroad and a Union Army spy
  2. 3. an American professional basketball player. A\ shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association
  3. 4. an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman
  4. 5. also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player
  5. 6. an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest"
  6. 11. an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA
  7. 14. an American Christian minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968