Black History Month Facts

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  1. 3. Which President issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
  2. 6. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in?
  3. 9. In 1787 slavery was made____?
  4. 10. In 1808 the slave trade was ___?
  5. 11. 44th President of the United States and the first African-American president.
  6. 14. Who was the president during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement?
  7. 15. Who was the one and only female Buffalo soldier to be enlisted in the 38th infantry?
Down
  1. 1. escaped from slavery to become one of the most effective and celebrated leaders of the Underground Railroad.
  2. 2. Which Amendment gave black people the right to vote?
  3. 4. West African country whose name is derived from the word ‘liberty'
  4. 5. Where did the first African slaves arrive?
  5. 7. What case argued that slaves were not citizens?
  6. 8. "King of Pop" holds the most number of Grammy Awards won in a year.
  7. 12. Civil rights activist who led the year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  8. 13. This University was the first higher education institution to be built for African-American Students.