Black History Month Crossword Scavenger Hunt

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Across
  1. 2. an abolitionist who said, "Truth is powerful and it prevails."
  2. 4. referred to as "the first lady of civil rights" by the U.S. Congress
  3. 7. the first African-American president of the United States
  4. 8. in 1968, she became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress
  5. 9. an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible leader in the civil rights movement
Down
  1. 1. escaped from slavery in Maryland, and became a national leader of the abolitionist (freedom) movement
  2. 3. an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement
  3. 5. J is for ___________, the first black woman to travel into space
  4. 6. B is for ________, a revolutionary American artist who was part of the neo-expressionism movement