Black History Month

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Across
  1. 1. - First Black woman in Congress
  2. 4. - Awarded to MLK Jr
  3. 5. - Laws enforcing segregation
  4. 6. - day commemorating freedom from slavery
  5. 8. - Scientist who developed uses for the peanut
  6. 11. - Formerly enslaved abolitionist Frederick
  7. 13. - Sparked by 4 Across
  8. 14. - equality movement of the 50's and 60's
  9. 15. - Refused to give up her seat on the bus
  10. 17. - Separation by race
  11. 19. - First African-American President
  12. 20. - Civil Rights Leader known for his "I Have A Dream" speech
Down
  1. 2. - Famous 1963 event
  2. 3. - Post-Civil War era
  3. 7. - Legendary jazz musician, nicknamed Satchmo
  4. 9. - The scattering of people
  5. 10. - _________ Proclamation
  6. 12. – Influential poet of the Harlem Renaissance Langston _______
  7. 16. - Poet and author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  8. 18. - Conductor on the Underground Railroad