Black History Month

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  1. 1. This Amendment abolished slavery
  2. 3. Bus Boycott Location
  3. 5. Was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice
  4. 7. First African-American elected to the U.S. Senate
  5. 8. First State to abolish Slavery
  6. 9. First African-American to win an Academy Award
  7. 12. Musician nicknamed 'Satchmo'
  8. 14. First Black recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
  9. 15. First African-American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
  10. 16. Musical genre born out of the Blues
  11. 17. Founder of Famous Amos Cookies
  12. 18. The first African-American player in the MLB (Major League Baseball)
  13. 21. Black History Month
  14. 22. Wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  15. 23. Sang the hit single "What's Going On"
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  1. 2. Gave the "I Have a Dream" Speech
  2. 4. The 'King of Pop'
  3. 6. The conductor of the Underground Railroad
  4. 10. First Black Woman to serve in Congress
  5. 11. First African-American President in U.S. History
  6. 13. Singer/Songwriter of "Isn't She Lovely"
  7. 19. This person issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  8. 20. Famous Philanthropist with a talk show