Black History Month

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Across
  1. 6. A black civil rights activist who wanted to attend an all-white school
  2. 8. An escape slave from New England who was killed in the Boston Massacre
  3. 10. He invented the traffic light and the gas mask
  4. 12. A writer and story-teller whose insight influenceed many scholars
  5. 13. Who is an African American civil rights activist that was a significant figure in Islam?
Down
  1. 1. An entrepreneur who created her own hair product after loss of her hair
  2. 2. Who invented products with peanuts and sweet potatoes?
  3. 3. An escaped slave who made "The Underground Railroad" to help free slaves from the plantation they are working on
  4. 4. Self-taught, free, Black mathematician, writer, surveyor, and inventor instremental in the nations capital
  5. 5. Who was the first black MLB player?
  6. 7. A playright, poet, novelist, and contributor to the Harlem Renaissance
  7. 9. A dressmaker from AL who was arrested because she did not give up her seat to a white man on the bus
  8. 11. An African American organization made to promote civil rights in the US