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- 2. One of the most well known civil rights leaders
- 4. Leader of the underground railroad
- 7. track and field athlete who set a world record in the long jump in 1936
- 10. The first African american professional baseball player
- 11. writing about his escape of slavery
- 13. The first African American women elected to serve in congress
- 14. Known most for her refusal to give up her seat to a white man on a bus
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- 1. Poet,dancer,singer, activist
- 3. Born into slavery got freed and got his education up
- 5. known for his semi-autobiographical novels and plays that center on race, politics, and sexuality.
- 6. Helped lead protests against the segregation of public primary schools beaches, and parks at the University of Mississippi
- 8. One of the greatest professional boxers of all time
- 9. an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement.
- 12. a famous television producer and personality, philanthropist, and author.