Black History Month Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. Civil Rights Leader and Baptist Minister- Played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s
  2. 6. American aviator-First licensed Black pilot in the world
  3. 7. American activist- Best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
  4. 9. American abolitionist- Known as the “Moses of her people,”
  5. 10. American Politician-The first African-American Secretary of State
  6. 12. American writer, poet and activist- The first Black woman to appear on a quarter
  7. 13. American professional boxer and activist -Referred to himself as "The Greatest"
  8. 14. Tennis Player-Ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks.
Down
  1. 2. American Physician-The first Black female doctor in the United States
  2. 3. American entrepreneur-The first female self-made millionaire in America
  3. 4. African American explorer-Known for his participation in a series of Arctic explorations between 1891 and 1909
  4. 5. American Jazz pianist and composer-Performed “Black, Brown and Beige” at Carnegie Hall
  5. 6. American singer-songwriter-First Black woman to headline Coachella and officially became the artist with the most GRAMMYs ever
  6. 8. American bacteriologist, pathologist and educator- First Black professor in the history of Harvard University
  7. 11. Mathematician-known as one of NASA’s “human computers”
  8. 12. Human rights Activist- Nickname "Detroit Red"