Black History Month Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 6. The 44th U.S. President and the first African American to hold the office.
  2. 7. A symbol of bravery as the first Black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in the South.
  3. 11. Arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, redefining dominance in the sport.
  4. 12. The moral compass of the Civil Rights Movement.
  5. 13. The star runner who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Germany.
  6. 14. The NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to the success of U.S. crewed spaceflights.
  7. 15. The "Mother of the Freedom Movement."
  8. 16. A tireless advocate for both abolition and women’s rights.
Down
  1. 1. A dominant leader in the African American community and founder of the Tuskegee Institute.
  2. 2. The first Black Supreme Court Justice and architect of Brown v. Board of Education.
  3. 3. A brilliant orator and writer who escaped slavery and became a leader of the abolitionist movement.
  4. 4. The first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress and the first to run for a major party’s presidential nomination.
  5. 5. An agricultural scientist whose work revolutionized farming.
  6. 8. The man who broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
  7. 9. A poet and memoirist whose words gave a voice to the Black experience.
  8. 10. The famous leader of the Underground Railroad who led people to freedom.