Black History Month

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Across
  1. 4. The ending of segregation and allowing all races to be together
  2. 6. America’s oldest and largest African American civil rights organization (established 1909)
  3. 7. The first African American candidate and the first female candidate to run for president
  4. 8. An order made by President Abraham Lincoln granting freedom to enslaved people in confederate states (1863)
  5. 9. Brown v ______ __ ________ was the Supreme Court case that decided separating children based on race in public schools to be illegal (1954)
  6. 10. The ______ ______ Movement was a struggle for justice and equal rights for African Americans (1950s-1960s)
  7. 11. A holiday celebrating the end of slavery in the United States
  8. 12. The amendment that officially abolished slavery in the United States (1865)
Down
  1. 1. The amendment that gave black men the right to vote (1870)
  2. 2. A series of laws that enforced segregation between white black people in public places (1876-1965)
  3. 3. An African-American cultural movement of music, dance, art, fashion, and literature (1920s-1930s)
  4. 5. The ______ ______ Movement was a movement that focused on uniting and empowering the Black community (1960s-1970s)