Black History Month Crossword Extra Credit

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  1. 1. African American boy that was abducted and lynched in Mississippi
  2. 3. American Socialist and writer
  3. 6. an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights and women's rights
  4. 9. First African American to play in Major League Baseball
  5. 12. was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist
  6. 14. American TV host and producer
  7. 15. American Abolitionist and Social Activist
  8. 18. Cassius Clay
  9. 19. was an American surgeon and hospital founder
  10. 21. First African American woman to become "first lady"
  11. 23. regarded as "the greatest point guard of all time
  12. 25. former NASA Astronaut
  13. 26. Black American woman whose cancerous cells were the source of the HeLa cell line
  14. 27. mother of the "freedom movement"
  15. 28. Activist and former South African President
  16. 29. American civil rights lawyer who served on Congress and sent nomination to serve in the presidency
  17. 30. a 19th century abolitionist and woman's rights activist
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  1. 2. Civil rights activist and Baptist Minister
  2. 4. King of Pop
  3. 5. 44th President of the United States
  4. 7. American educator and author
  5. 8. American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court
  6. 10. first guard in NBA history to play 20 seasons
  7. 11. American agricultural scientist and inventor
  8. 13. First African American child activist
  9. 16. Black Nationalist Leader
  10. 17. pioneering African America entrepreneur and philanthropist
  11. 20. American businessman and retired baseball player
  12. 22. American author and writer of "Roots"
  13. 24. An American professional golfer
  14. 25. American poet, essayist, civil rights activist, and memoirist