Black History Month Crossword Challenge

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  1. 2. 1967 U.S. Supreme Court Case That Invalidated Laws Prohibiting Interracial Marriage
  2. 3. First African American Woman To Be A Principal Dancer With The American Ballet Theatre
  3. 9. African American Mathematician And Physicist For NASA
  4. 10. First Medical School For African Americans
  5. 11. Founder And Former Publisher Of The Miami Times
  6. 12. Civil Rights Leader Who Founded The National Association For The Advancement Of Colored People (NAACP)
  7. 13. First African American Female Astronaut In Space
  8. 15. First African American To Serve As The U.S. Secretary Of State
  9. 18. Creator Behind Black History Month
  10. 19. Movement To End Racial Segregation And Discrimination In The United States
  11. 20. Historic Area, Known As The 'Harlem Of The South”
  12. 22. Event That Led To Significant Reforms In Medical Ethics And Patient Rights
  13. 23. 44th President, First African American President In US History (247 Years)
Down
  1. 1. First African American High School In Miami
  2. 3. First African American Licensed Nurse
  3. 4. U.S. Supreme Court decision ending segregation in public schools.
  4. 5. African American Inventor Of The Gamma Electric Cell
  5. 6. First Government-Funded Hospital To Serve The African American Community
  6. 7. First Emergency Medical Service In The United States
  7. 8. First Black Person To Receive A Nursing Degree From The University Of Miami And First Black Person To Chair The Florida Board Of Nursing
  8. 14. Annual Commemoration Of The End Of Slavery In The United States After The Civil War
  9. 16. First African American Millionaire In Miami
  10. 17. First Black Woman To Accept A Spot In The Neurosurgery Position At The Vanderbilt University's Medical Center
  11. 21. Miami’s First Black-Only Beach On August 1st, 1945