Black History Month Crossword

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  1. 1. NY city known as the "birthplace of hip hop"
  2. 4. Name of book by Alex Haley that tells the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent, sold into slavery in Africa, and transported to North America
  3. 7. Birth city of President Barack Obama
  4. 8. First state to elect a black governor in 1989
  5. 10. Simone Biles is the most decorated sportsperson in which sport?
  6. 13. First African American woman to headline Coachella
  7. 14. Last name of the "Father of Black History"
  8. 15. Civil rights organization working to achieve justice for African Americans
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  1. 2. In 1981, Alexa Irene Canady, MD became the first African American woman to have this occupation
  2. 3. Last name of the African American inventor who designed the three-way traffic light
  3. 5. Last name of first African American woman elected as Vice President of the United States
  4. 6. Name of holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people in America
  5. 9. Stage name of the African American woman who just performed the half-time show at Super Bowl LVII
  6. 11. African American mathematician Katherine J. Johnson provided calculations crucial to the work of this organization
  7. 12. First state to abolish slavery in 1777