Black History Month Crossword Puzzle!

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  1. 4. He was the first black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby three times.
  2. 6. Responsible for the invention of the traffic light and the gas mask.
  3. 10. In which month is Black History Month Observed in the UK?
  4. 12. Who invented the railway telegraphy?
  5. 14. What was Muhammad Ali’s nickname?
  6. 17. What was the nickname for the all Black 332d Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps which escorted Allied Bombers through European airspace on 1,578 mission during World War II?
  7. 20. Who was the first African American car manufacturer in 1916?
  8. 21. He Started the "Back to Africa Movement"
  9. 22. Who was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license?
  10. 23. She was the first Black woman to receive a patent.
  11. 24. Who is the first Black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court justice?
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  1. 1. She was the First African American to publish her writings
  2. 2. He created the potato chip.
  3. 3. Virgil Abloh was best known for being the artistic director of which brand?
  4. 5. He was the first African American to play major league baseball.
  5. 7. He holds the record of 100 points scored in a single NBA game.
  6. 8. Became the first African American elected to the US Senate.
  7. 9. Who was the first African American Vice President?
  8. 11. He was the first African American to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open.
  9. 13. What is the name of the 19th century Afro-Jamaican religious belief system practised through dance in Jamaica?
  10. 15. She was the first Black woman to become a doctor of medicine in the United States.
  11. 16. The practice of vaccinations was brought to America by this enslaved person.
  12. 18. What was the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
  13. 19. She became one of America's first celebrity chefs and the first African American to host her own TV cooking show 14 years before Julia Chil made her Debut.