Black History Crossword

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  1. 2. First African American President
  2. 3. Great invintor who discovered hundreds of ways to use peanuts
  3. 4. Although she is wellknown for her wirting, she is also Hollwoodś first female balck director
  4. 8. Civil Rights Activist who is mostly known for his approach that was the complete opposite of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  5. 10. The first sociologist to articulate the agency of the oppressed. He also won the Lenin Peace Prize along with others
  6. 13. First African American to hold the positions of chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state
  7. 14. The first Black commander of an integrated fighter wing
  8. 16. Founded Tuskegee University and the National Negro Business League
  9. 17. Founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association
  10. 18. The first American slave, the first person of African descent, and only the third colonial American woman to have her work published
  11. 19. Very famous blues artist who started out in 1940
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  1. 1. Wrote "Their Eyes were Watching God"
  2. 5. Led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s
  3. 6. The first African American woman to star in a motion picture and perform with an integrated cast at the American concert hall.
  4. 7. Known for her resistence on a bus
  5. 9. A significant figure in the Harlem Renaissance who was also a poet, novelist, activist and a columnist
  6. 11. Unsuccessfully sued for freedom for themselves and their two daughters in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case
  7. 12. First African American woman to serve as the US Secretary of State
  8. 15. Ran underground railroad
  9. 17. Most famous fro his "I Have A Dream" speech given at the Loncoln Memorial