SCG Black History Month Crossword

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  1. 1. 3 word slogan of Barack Obama's winning presidential campaign, making him the first African American president
  2. 3. The Voting Rights Act signed into law in August 1965 banned these kind of tests as a requirement for voting, amongst other methods designed to curb the voting rights of Black citizens
  3. 6. Last name of the first African American, Asian American, and female vice president of the US
  4. 10. Last name of president that signed the Civil Rights Act into law on July 2, 1964
  5. 11. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their"...
  6. 13. Last name of the first female and African American presidential candidate from a major political party. First name Shirley.
  7. 14. Last name of lead plaintiff in case heard by the Supreme Court in 1954 that overturned racial segregation in schools
  8. 15. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988, written by Toni Morrison
  9. 17. Last name of US president who mobilized the army to enforce integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
  10. 19. 2nd word of famous three word phrase (and hashtag) between "Black" and "Matter", used to bring awareness to the ongoing violence and systemic abuse against Black Americans
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  1. 2. Last name of former slave and head of Tuskegee University's agriculture department who convinced farmers in the South to switch crops from cotton to peanuts, soybeans, and potatoes
  2. 4. Home of the highly acclaimed program in the 1940s that trained black pilots/airmen and led to racial integration of the military
  3. 5. Capital of Alabama and location of significant civil rights protests and infamous bus boycott in 1955-56
  4. 7. A collection of state and local statutes/laws that legalized racial segregation in the post-emancipation days (two words)
  5. 8. Prominent activist, author, speaker, and former slave Frederick
  6. 9. This organization was founded on February 12, 1909. (abbreviation)
  7. 12. This constitutional amendment abolished slavery in the US
  8. 16. Last name of the first African American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state
  9. 18. Last name of the first African American player to play on a major league team