Black History Month

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  1. 2. Our first black vice president
  2. 3. Initials of civil rights leader whose birthday we celebrated last month.
  3. 4. Wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
  4. 5. Our first black Supreme Court justice
  5. 8. Hattie McDaniel became the first black actor to win an Oscar for her role in this film.
  6. 11. Eli Whitney, inventor of the ___ gin.
  7. 12. Refused to give up her bus seat to white passengers
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  1. 1. The founder of BET, Robert Johnson became the first black ___ in 2001.
  2. 6. In 1773, Phyllis Wheatley was the first black American to publish a book of ___.
  3. 7. Black scientist George Washington Carver was famous for his work with ___.
  4. 9. When he joined The ___ Show, Bryant Gumbel became the first black man to host an American morning show.
  5. 10. "Clotel" by William Wells Brown was the first ___ published by a black American.