Black History Month

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  1. 2. This person started the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama where black children could learn skills such as shoemaking and farming.
  2. 4. The president named this person to be the first African American to hold a seat on the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land.
  3. 5. This person, a well-known trumpet player, was known by the nickname "Satchmo."
  4. 6. This person refused to give up a seat on the bus. That led to a 382-day bus boycott by black people in Montgomery, Alabama.
  5. 7. Because this person led so many slaves to freedom, he or she was sometimes called by the nickname Moses.
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  1. 1. This person started a newspaper called "The North Star."
  2. 3. One of 13 children, this person's birthname was Isabella Baumfree.