Influential African Americans

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  1. 3. Writer and activist, leader of the Harlem Renaissance
  2. 5. Former slave who became an abolitionist and women's rights activist
  3. 8. Memoirist, popular poet, and civil rights activist
  4. 9. Inventor and scientist, professor at Tuskegee Institute, promoted peanuts and sweet potatoes as crops
  5. 11. Muslim minister and human rights activist
  6. 15. Current vice president of the United States
  7. 16. Talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist
  8. 17. Considered one of the greatest baseball players in history, nicknamed The Hammer
  9. 18. Jazz pianist and composer
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  1. 1. American civil rights lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  2. 2. Activist best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
  3. 4. Politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who served as the 65th US Secretary of State
  4. 6. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became a national leader of the abolitionist movement
  5. 7. First black president of the United States
  6. 10. 14-year-old boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955
  7. 12. Writer and essayist, helped to raise public awareness of racial and sexual oppression
  8. 13. Professional boxer and activist, nicknamed "The Greatest"
  9. 14. whaler and sailor, the first person killed in the Boston Massacre