Black History Month #1

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Across
  1. 2. 1st Black woman elected to congress; ran for President in 1972
  2. 3. Civil War hero, pilot aboard the Planter, elected to the House of Representatives
  3. 5. folk artist known for her storytelling quilts
  4. 7. teenager who refused to give up her seat on a bus 9 months before Rosa Parks
  5. 8. Civil Rights activist that served in the House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th district
Down
  1. 1. started celebration of Black history in February, which became Black History Month
  2. 4. first African American and Indigenous woman to earn a pilot's license
  3. 6. journalist and activist; fought for a woman's right to vote