Black History Month Crossword
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- 3. Mary J Van Brittan Brown created the first________(Abbreviated)
- 4. Eva Black was West Palm Beach's first black _______
- 7. 7 day celebration in the U.S. that recognizes African heritage
- 8. Madam CJ Walker released her line of hair products called Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair ______
- 9. Harriet______ was an escaped slave who made around thirteen trips to rescue over sixty slaves
- 11. Coretta Scott______ was an activist who helped found many organizations, such as the Black Leadership Forum, the National Black Coalition for Voter Participation, and the Black Leadership Roundtable
- 13. _______ High School was the first black high school in Palm Beach County
- 16. Bessie Blount Griffin created an apparatus that let ________ feed themselves after working with soldiers during WWII
- 18. Located near Lake Osborne, the _______ School was the first black school in Lake Worth
- 20. Mary Mcleod Bethune established a college in
- 21. Frederick Douglas published an abolitionist newsletter, The ______ Star
- 22. Louis Armstrong was an influential player from New Orleans
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- 1. Solomon David Spady was Delray's _________ principal
- 2. First black owned hotel in Delray was the La ________ Hotel
- 5. First all-black city incorporated in FL
- 6. Rosa Parks is known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus _________
- 8. Alice Coachman became the first black woman to win an Olympic ______ Medal
- 10. Dr. Alice Frederick _________ owned a home that was open to the youth seeking guidance, intellectuals and black individuals. The home is known as the oldest continuously black owned home in West Palm Beach
- 12. comic book company created by black artists and writers in 1993
- 14. Zora Neale Hurston established a school of ________ arts at Bethune-Cookman
- 15. Osbourne _____ Addition was a neighborhood south of Lake Worth legally designated as "colored" in Palm Beach County
- 17. George Washington Carver developed more than 300 food, industrial and commercial products from_____
- 19. Appearing in X-men. One of the first black comic book characters