Black History Month

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Across
  1. 3. _____ Williams is one of the greatest tennis players of all-time
  2. 5. Black ____ was Harriet Tubman's nickname
  3. 8. Carter _____ co-founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History
  4. 10. Ruby _____ is the first Black student to integrate an elementary school in the Southern U.S. at 6 years old.
  5. 11. Maya ___ was a poet and civil rights activist, who rose to prominence with her work, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
  6. 12. Barack ____ is the first Black American President of the United States
  7. 13. Claudette _______ was the first Black woman to refuse to give up her bus seat to a white woman
  8. 14. Sojourner ____ was an abolitionist and women's rights activist who gave the “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech
Down
  1. 1. Kamala ____ is the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history
  2. 2. Erin _____ became the first Black woman to win individual gold at a Winter Olympic Games at Beijing 2022
  3. 4. Jackie _____ broke the color barrier of Major League Baseball
  4. 6. - Frederick _____ was the abolitionist whose birthday inspired the week-long Black history event
  5. 7. Martin Luther _____ was the civil rights activist who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech
  6. 9. Jesse _____ ran at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, defying Hitler's belief that the Aryan race is superior
  7. 11. Harriet Tubman's first name at birth