Famous Black people

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Across
  1. 2. pushed the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement
  2. 3. helped ended segregation with his powering speeches
  3. 4. She was the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize
  4. 6. A leader in the Young Women's Christian Association
  5. 8. sparked the pivotal Montgomery Bus Boycott
  6. 9. the first African American woman from any country to win an Olympic Gold Medal
  7. 10. the first African American president
  8. 11. was the first African American to star in her own TV show
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  1. 1. helped push Civil Rights Movements in the U.S
  2. 2. first black woman elected to congress
  3. 5. known for her whistle register, which is the highest the human voice is capable of reaching.
  4. 7. conducted the underground railroads
  5. 9. paved the way for a new fliers like Tuskegee Airmen, Blackbirds, and Flying Hobos
  6. 10. set a world record in the long jump at the 1936 Olympic Games