Black History Month: Notable African-Americans

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  1. 6. First African-American MLB player
  2. 9. First African-American man to win an Oscar for best actor
  3. 10. First African-American awarded the Nobel Prize in literature
  4. 13. Civil rights leader famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech
  5. 15. Opera singer who gave a concert in front of the Lincoln Memorial when she was banned from performing at Constitution Hall
  6. 17. First African-American US Supreme Court justice
  7. 18. First female African-American astronaut
  8. 19. Founder of Negro History Week, precursor to Balck History Month
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  1. 1. Notable African-American scientist; peanut butter
  2. 2. Refused to give up her seat on a bus
  3. 3. First African-American secretary of state
  4. 4. Cofounder of the NAACP
  5. 5. Often called the Queen of Soul
  6. 7. First African-American US President
  7. 8. First African-American woman elected to the US House of Representatives
  8. 11. Notable boxer famous for saying "I am the greatest"
  9. 12. First male African-American Grammy winner
  10. 14. Wrote the novel Invisible Man
  11. 16. Most famous jazz trumpeter of the 20th century