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4. former U.S. youth poet laureate, most known for her performance of "The Hill We Climb" at former president Joe Biden's inauguration
6. a famous blues musician said to have gotten his talent from an interaction he made with the devil at a crossroads
9. the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland
10. author of "Invisible Man"
12. African American vernacular English; not AAVE
14. a famous Black writer, most known for her memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
16. a headwrap used to protect hair, often during sleep and to preserve waves
17. in 1968, this show was first to depict an interracial kiss on television
19. a Black culture magazine, most popular in the 1980s
20. one of the most prominent Black horror films that depicts 4-5 different spooky stories

1. first hospital of have an all-Black resident in trauma staff
2. a Black artistic boom occurring mainly in the 1920s and 1930s
3. a group of majority Black airmen who fought during WWII
5. another term for Black Americans, originally called Soul Americans
7. famous Black American scientist, most known for his work with peanuts; "George Washington ____"
8. a modern director, most known for his works "Black Panther" and "Sinners"
11. a Black American spiritual practice with roots in the American south and traditional African beliefs
13. Black American Princess
15. a federal holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the U.S.
18. an African country the U.S. sent formerly enslaved peoples