Black History Month Assignment

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Across
  1. 2. World War 2 veteran and Civil Rights leader, NAACP's first field officer in Mississippi
  2. 4. Helped 300 enslaved people escape along the Underground Railroads
  3. 7. Walked 500 miles for schooling before becoming the first teacher and principal at the Tuskegee Institute
  4. 11. Was the first African American baseball player in the U.S. Major Leagues
  5. 13. Got a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama in 2010
  6. 14. Known for being the "Mother of the Freedom Movement" didn't give up her seat on the bus
  7. 15. First African American woman elected to serve in CongWashington968
Down
  1. 1. Won many titles with Shaq and the Lakers known for the mentality he had
  2. 3. First African American woman to have her very own television production company
  3. 4. One of the hardest-hitting boxer of all time
  4. 5. Taught himself to read and write after escaping slavery
  5. 6. Gave a famous speech where he said "I had a dream"
  6. 8. The greatest boxer of all time
  7. 9. Member of the Jackson 5 and is also known as the King of Pop
  8. 10. Greatest Chicago Bulls basketball player ever, some may even say he is the greatest of all time
  9. 12. 44th President of the United States and the very first African American president