Inspiring Americans

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Across
  1. 4. refusing to work until there is fair pay and safe conditions
  2. 6. The giving or supplying of something that plays a significant (big) part in making something happen
  3. 7. a person who guides or directs or influences others
  4. 8. 1st black American in major league baseball (a White League)/First American Black American to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame
  5. 10. Stood up for herself and for the rights of Black Americans /Led a boycott that changed the laws about riding the bus
  6. 11. the act of separating one group from another
  7. 12. Helped farmers gain fair pay and worked for equal rights for workers/Led the grape boycott and strike
Down
  1. 1. rights for freedom and equality
  2. 2. African American scientist who discovered how to make soil in cotton fields healthier by growing peanuts and sweet potatoes/Over 400 inventions
  3. 3. Lawyer who fought for civil rights in schools (Brown vs. Board of Education)/the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
  4. 5. Shared ideas and feelings about how things were (unfair) and how he wanted things to be “I have a Dream”
  5. 9. refusing to buy a good or service