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- 2. Last Name: African American artist famous for his paintings depicting African American life
- 4. First Name: African American artist known for her paintings inspired by the Harlem Renaissance
- 8. Last Name: Singer known as the "Queen of Soul"
- 10. First Name: First African American Supreme Court Justice, serving from October 1967 until October 1991
- 12. First Name: African American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.
- 14. Last Name: African American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.
- 15. Last Name: First African American Supreme Court Justice, serving from October 1967 until October 1991
- 16. First Name: African American artist famous for his paintings depicting African American life
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- 1. First Name: Singer known as the "Queen of Soul"
- 3. Last Name: First African American principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre
- 5. Last Name: African American abolitionist and political activist.
- 6. Last Name: African American poet and civil rights activist known for her work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
- 7. First Name: First African American principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre
- 9. Last Name: African American artist known for her paintings inspired by the Harlem Renaissance
- 11. First Name: African American abolitionist and political activist.
- 13. First Name: African American poet and civil rights activist known for her work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"