Black History Month Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 6. Dedicated herself to promoting and studying Black culture
  2. 7. The first African American Secretary of State
  3. 8. Upheld slavery in United States territories and denied the legality of black citizenship in America
  4. 12. The first American Slave
  5. 13. Escaped enslavement and helped others gain their freedom as a "conductor" of the Underground Railroad.
  6. 14. Hollywood's first female black director who became most famous as a writer, editor, essayist, playwright, and poet.
  7. 15. The first Black commander of an integrated fighter wing
  8. 16. One of the earliest innovators of the art form called "jazz Poetry"
  9. 17. The first Black American to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University
  10. 18. Founder of the Universal Black Improvement Association
  11. 20. The first African American president of the United States
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  1. 1. The first Female African American secretary of state
  2. 2. The first African American woman to star in a motion picture
  3. 3. A minister, a leader in the civil rights movement and a supporter of Black nationalism
  4. 4. Known for refining electric blues more than any other blues artist.
  5. 5. A popular spokesman for African American citizens
  6. 9. The driving force behind watershed events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  7. 10. Best known for his research into alternative crops to cotton
  8. 11. called "the mother of the civil rights movement"
  9. 19. An activist who led anti-lynching crusades in the United States in the 1890s