Black History Month Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Helped slaves escape via the Underground Railroad
  2. 4. First American slave to have work published
  3. 5. Famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech
  4. 7. Led the "Harlem Renaissance"
  5. 8. Once said, “We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us.”
  6. 10. First female African-American Secretary of State
  7. 11. Passed the Affordable Care Act
  8. 13. First African-American Secretary of State
  9. 15. The first African-American woman to star in a motion picture
  10. 16. Founded the "Black Star Line"
  11. 17. "King of the Blues"
  12. 18. Went to trial to sue for his freedom
  13. 19. Founded the Tuskegee Airmen
  14. 20. Known as "The Peanut Man"
Down
  1. 2. Journalist who campaigned against lynching
  2. 3. Wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  3. 6. Famous for refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus
  4. 9. Wrote "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
  5. 12. Founder of Tuskegee University
  6. 14. The first African-American to earn a Ph. D. from Harvard