Black History Month

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Across
  1. 5. Protests in the South in which black and white people rode together on buses
  2. 7. First black female sculptor to achieve international recognition
  3. 8. Black American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author
  4. 10. 1964 act that declared that people must be treated fairly, no matter the color of their skin
Down
  1. 1. Former slave who advocated for abolition, temperance, and civil and women's rights
  2. 2. Famous inventor known for patenting the first traffic signal in the United States, hair straightening products, and the smoke hood
  3. 3. Black American female author know for publishing a book of poems
  4. 4. Civil Rights Activist who got arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man
  5. 6. First African American woman elected to U.S. Congress
  6. 9. First African American Supreme Court Justice