Black History Month
Across
- 3. active protests where individuals sat inside of places that were segregated against blacks
- 4. activist who believed in achieving rights for blacks "by any means necessary"
- 5. a group of individuals who work for the advancement of colored people
- 8. a radical change brought about through endurance of a process
- 9. traditional songs used in Praise and Worship
- 12. first African American president
- 13. a group of active men and women who openly supported black rights
- 14. those who helped slaves escape to freedom
- 15. holiday celebrating when slaves were pronounced free by Union soldiers in 1863
- 17. notable poet; arose during the Harlem Renaissance
- 19. liberation
- 20. a musical culture that created new language, clothing, and ideas through rhymes and rhythms
- 21. practice that used to segregate blacks in the United States
- 23. individual human rights due to all
Down
- 1. first African American woman to actively refuse secondary treatment on a segregated bus system
- 2. freedom from enslavement
- 6. term used to identify the essence of black culture
- 7. the combining of people, places, or things into one
- 10. taught equality; taught through the "I Have a Dream" speech
- 11. genre of music that emerged during the roaring twenties featuring strong instrumental pieces
- 16. to actively stop the use of or participation of something to bring about change
- 18. field work many freed slaves did post emancipation
- 21. equal treatment or grounds of action
- 22. African instrument used traditionally to imitate a heart beat
- 24. acronym for historically black institutions of higher learning