Black History Month

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Across
  1. 5. american lawyer and who served as assosciate justice of the supreme court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991
  2. 6. wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
  3. 8. first african american president
  4. 12. First african american woman who went to space aboard the shuttle Endeavour
  5. 13. first licensed black pilot
  6. 15. led an anti-lynching crusade in the US in 1890s and fought for womens suffrage
  7. 16. Helped almost 70 enslaved people through the underground railroad
Down
  1. 1. tennis player from compton who is currently the No.1 player
  2. 2. Professional boxer, activist, poet, philanthropist nicknamed the Greatest
  3. 3. Minister and activist who gave "I have a dream" speech
  4. 4. First black student to attend a previously all white school
  5. 7. "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."
  6. 9. american talk show host and philanthropist
  7. 10. had a pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
  8. 11. One of the first african americans to merge blues with gospel aka soul music
  9. 14. founder of the niagara movement, founder of the national association for the advancement of colored people to enforce the 14 & 15th amendments