Black history month

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Across
  1. 3. First African-American president
  2. 5. Botanist and inventor known to be a peanut genius
  3. 7. First Lady from 2009-2017
  4. 8. Abolitionist worked on the Underground Railroad
  5. 10. was one of the foremost leaders of the abolitionist movement
  6. 13. gave the 'Ain't I A Woman' speech
  7. 15. First Hall of fame African-American basketball player
  8. 16. was an almanac author astronomer and mathematician
  9. 17. Famous for not moving to the back of the bus
  10. 19. One of the first African-American poets whose works were published.
  11. 20. early pioneer in the field of civil aviation in the United States.
Down
  1. 1. Olympic sprinter battled polio at a young age
  2. 2. Talk-show host of her own TV show
  3. 4. Gave the 'I have a dream' speech
  4. 6. First African-American Supreme court justice
  5. 9. Famous baseball player was the first African-American player to be in Major League
  6. 11. First African-American student to attend an all-white public elementary school in the South
  7. 12. Spent 27 years in prison in South Africa, but went on to become the country's first black president
  8. 14. Angelou's Famous poet wrote the "And Still I Rise" repetition poem
  9. 18. First African-American to earn a doctorate degree from an American university