Black History Month 2025

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  1. 3. Katherine Johnson helped calculate the flight trajectory for Alan Shepherd's __________ Mission, the first U.S. manned space flight.
  2. 8. Harriet Tubman was a conductor on the _______ Railroad, which helped African Americans escape slavery.
  3. 10. Shirley Chisholm won an ______ victory to become the first African American U.S. Congresswoman.
  4. 11. In 2015, President Obama awarded Katherine Johnson the Presidential _______ of Freedom.
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  1. 1. In 1872, Frederick Douglass was nominated to be the U.S. ____ President.
  2. 2. Shirley Chisholm said that, "Freedom is an endless _______."
  3. 4. In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first African American Major League Baseball player when he joined the Brooklyn ________.
  4. 5. Harriet Tubman had the nickname "Black _______."
  5. 6. Frederick Douglass published his ____________ in 1845, which quickly became a bestseller.
  6. 7. Madam CJ Walker became an entrepreneur by marketing her "Wonderful Hair _______" cream.
  7. 9. While studying at _______, Jackie Robinson participated in four varsity sports.