Black History Month

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  1. 3. First African American to win an Academy Award
  2. 7. central figure of the Harlem Renaissance, a poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist
  3. 10. one of the greatest basketball players of all time
  4. 11. Often called the "Lone Ranger" he was a US Marshall who captured over 3,000 fugitives
  5. 12. tennis player who has won 23 Grand Slam titles
  6. 13. Pulitzer Prize winning author of 'Beloved'
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  1. 1. Civil rights activist who delivered the "I have a dream" speech
  2. 2. Black mathematician whose work at NASA was crucial in the success of many of its space missions
  3. 4. first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress
  4. 5. 44th president of the United States
  5. 6. first Black appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court
  6. 8. Abolitionist and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War
  7. 9. African American entrepreneur and social activist also the first female self-made millionaire in America