Black History Month Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. This amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States".
  2. 3. A federal holiday on Mon, Jun 19, 2023.
  3. 5. A political slogan and a name that is given to various associated ideologies which aim to achieve self-determination for black people
  4. 7. A political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people.
  5. 8. I held the Famous "I Have a Dream" speech
  6. 9. Any code of law that defined and especially limited the rights of formerly enslaved African Americans.
  7. 10. The amendment that abolished slavery.
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  1. 1. The proclamation issued by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862, that freed the people held as slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union from January 1, 1863, forward.
  2. 4. The state of setting someone or something apart from others.
  3. 6. I was enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad.