Black History Crossword

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  1. 4. Woman who got arrested because she didn’t give up her seat
  2. 6. Abolished Slavery
  3. 7. Man who also got arrested for being in the wrong part of the bus
  4. 9. First African American woman in space
  5. 10. Fought the Board of Education to get better education for black children
  6. 11. Escaped slave who preached freedom and fought for blacks and women to have the same rights as whites and men
  7. 12. Woman who escaped slavery and helped other slaves escape
  8. 13. An escaped slave; a very powerful abolitionist
  9. 16. Person who created this crossword
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  1. 1. First African American man in space
  2. 2. First African-American President
  3. 3. Bethune Created schools for African Americans
  4. 5. First African American Senator
  5. 8. President during the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s
  6. 14. First black student at an all white elementary school
  7. 15. A former slave who won his freedom in the supreme court