Across
- 2. What boxer was known as the "Louisville Lip?"
- 6. What state was the first to elect a black governor, doing so in 1989?
- 9. What anti-slavery newspaper was published by Frederick Douglass?
- 11. Who was the first Black football player?
- 12. Where was Louis Armstrong's hometown?
- 13. Who is known for launching Black History Month?
- 15. One of the few openly gay men involved in the civil rights movement.
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- 1. What is Burna Boy's first name?
- 3. The first person of color appointed as the Secretary of the State. He was born to Jamaican immigrants.
- 4. This jazz legend referred to music as his mistress.
- 5. The world’s first black-led republic and the second nation in the Western Hemisphere to gain independence from European rule.
- 7. Who is the first Black woman to become Vice President of the United States?
- 8. Who was the youngest prizefighter ever to win the heavyweight championship of the world?
- 10. Which city is known as the birthplace of hip hop?
- 14. What actor & rapper starred in the movie Men In Black?