Famous African Americans

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Across
  1. 7. demanded equality
  2. 8. successfully escaped to freedom in New York
  3. 9. was assassinated in 1968
  4. 11. invented the folding cabinet bed
  5. 12. fought to free her children from slavery
  6. 13. helped over 300 slaves escape
  7. 14. was killed during a rehearsal for an air show
Down
  1. 1. taught the importance of rotating crops
  2. 2. performed at the White House
  3. 3. played for the Brooklyn Dodgers
  4. 4. sent Thomas Jefferson his almanac
  5. 5. first African American to publish a book
  6. 6. argued that schools should not be segregated
  7. 10. major voice in the civil rights movement