Black History Month

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Across
  1. 1. having just behavior
  2. 4. Africans couldn’t do this until the 15 Amendment was published
  3. 6. this is a holiday that is celebrated for the freedom of slavery
  4. 7. separation of people due to their race or gender
  5. 10. Obama, the first African-American president
  6. 12. to not be included
  7. 15. this is what the African Americans were facing during the Civil War
  8. 17. the act of hating someone or something
  9. 18. this ended with the 13 Amendment
  10. 23. these people are hired by others to follow whatever they say
  11. 26. this is what made the black people not have equal rights
  12. 28. war, this was a war that helped the Africans fight for freedom
  13. 29. Luther King, this person said many speech’s to help end slavery and inequality
  14. 30. the privilege to do something
Down
  1. 2. this is what Abraham Lincoln issued
  2. 3. something blocking you from doing what you want
  3. 5. Parks, this person helped end segregation by not giving the bus seat to a white man
  4. 8. the color of one’s skin
  5. 9. people who want to end slavery
  6. 11. Crow laws, a law or laws that enforce segregation
  7. 13. Africans did this to gain equal rights
  8. 14. Lincoln, this person proclaimed the Emancipation Proclamation
  9. 16. the right of not being equal
  10. 19. eliminating someone from something
  11. 20. the right of being free
  12. 21. Codes, this restricted Africans from owing property, leasing land, etc.
  13. 22. treating other races unequally
  14. 24. rights, the equal rights to all citizens
  15. 25. this is the Black History Month
  16. 27. liking or not liking people without a good reason