Black History Month Facts

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  1. 3. who was the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
  2. 7. who used the network of the Underground Railroad.
  3. 13. who became the first African-American woman to travel into space
  4. 16. who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement
  5. 17. who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism
  6. 18. who was an investigative journalist, and early leader in the civil rights movement
  7. 19. who was the winner of the National Medal of Technology
  8. 20. who was best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
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  1. 1. who published his first book in 1845.
  2. 2. who served in the United States House of Representatives
  3. 4. who made different uses for peanuts
  4. 5. who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S
  5. 6. who was an American singer and actress
  6. 8. who was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist
  7. 9. whose mathematician calculations were critical to the success of the subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
  8. 10. who was an American bass-baritone concert artist
  9. 11. who was an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement
  10. 12. who was responsible for the development of Tuskegee University in
  11. 14. who was an American professional boxer and activist.
  12. 15. who was an American surgeon and medical researcher