Black History Month Crossword

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  1. 4. The name of the first African American Medical College located in Tennessee
  2. 5. Benjamin Banneker published this for farmers which became the first scientific book published by a Black American
  3. 8. What is the author's surname who wrote Roots
  4. 9. Thurgood Marshall was the 1st Black person to serve here
  5. 10. Jackie Robinson played for what MLB team
  6. 12. Name the proclamation that freed the slave
  7. 14. The movement to end slavery
  8. 15. Bessie Smith was known as __________ of the Blues
  9. 16. Rosa Parks is known for a bus boycott in what city
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  1. 1. Dr. Martin Luther King was born in what US city
  2. 2. Navy names aircraft carrier in honor of a courageous Black sailor
  3. 3. Name the month we celebrate Black History
  4. 6. Mae C. Jemison traveled in what NASA Shuttle
  5. 7. Name a president who decreed Black History Month
  6. 11. Hattie McDaniel won an Academy Award for what movie
  7. 13. Michelle's husband who was a famous first