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- 2. She was the first African-American to attend an all-white school
- 4. He was a Muslim minister and human rights activist in the civil rights movement up until he got assassinated in 1965
- 5. She was an American activist in the civil rights movement, best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
- 9. American professional boxer and activist known as 'The Greatest'
- 11. She was a journalist, activist, and researcher in the early civil rights movement
- 13. He was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in the Major League in the modern era
- 14. After escaping slavery herself she rescued approximately 70 enslaved people using the Underground Railroad
- 15. She was an American writer and poet who received 50 honorary degrees
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- 1. He was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He became the most important leader of the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century
- 3. He served as the 44th president and the only African American president in US history
- 6. He was an American writer and civil rights activist who wrote 'Go tell it on the Mountain' which was voted top 100 English Language novels by Time magazine
- 7. She is an American talk show host, television producer, actor and author who has her own show
- 8. He was one of the earliest innovators of Jazz poetry
- 10. He was a professional basketball player and spent 20 years with the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA
- 12. The most prominent leader in the civil rights movement, had the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech