Black History Month Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The 44th president of the United States
  2. 4. a state of affairs in which all individuals within a specific society have the same rights and liberties
  3. 5. most prominent advocate of the Black empowerment movement and the promotion of Islam within the Black community.
  4. 8. an abolitionist known for her network of safe houses called the underground railroad
  5. 10. things passed down from generation to generation withing one's culture
  6. 11. the quality or fact of belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent.
  7. 12. a belief or behavior passed down within a group or society
  8. 14. multiculturalism
  9. 16. the status of belonging to a particular nation.
Down
  1. 1. most known for her arrest that many credit to be the catalyst for the civil rights movement
  2. 3. when members of a majority group adopt cultural elements of a minority group in an exploitative, disrespectful, or stereotypical way.
  3. 4. scientific description of the customs of individual people and cultures
  4. 6. one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement
  5. 7. originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.
  6. 9. the quality of being fair and impartial.
  7. 13. protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery
  8. 15. first African American child to attend formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis