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- 2. first colony to ban slavery
- 4. what is the main color for black history month
- 6. the abolishment of racial segregation
- 8. who started black history month
- 10. the most important leader of the movement for African-american civil rights in the 19th century
- 11. first recorded African child to be born in the colonies
- 13. agricultural scientist who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion
- 15. rider were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses to challenge state enforcement
- 17. very first African American president
- 18. first African American woman to hold a pilot license
- 20. which week in the month of February did black history month first start
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- 1. first African American baseball player to play in the major league
- 3. writer and was a pioneer in black and American literature
- 5. political activism in the mid 20th century aimed at guaranteeing African Americans legal
- 7. African American who was a track and field athlete and set a world record in the long jump
- 9. The month at which people celebrate black history month
- 12. the act of someone apart from others
- 14. reduced to give up her seat on a bus to a white woman
- 16. A person who his contribution to the America Civil rights movement
- 19. first black woman who became elected to the United state Congress