Black History Month Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. expounded on Benjamin Franklin's discovery of electricity and created the electric light bulb
  2. 6. First African American President of the United States
  3. 9. most decorated American gymnast in history
  4. 13. An environmental activist known as "The Beach Lady" due to her efforts towards the Florida's coastal environment
  5. 20. invented the lock
  6. 21. invented the air conditioning unit
  7. 23. American Baptist minister and civil rights activist, a key leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 to 1968.
  8. 24. Memorist, poet, civil rights activist, actress, public speaker; has the same birth month and day as Mrs. Azore-Fareed
  9. 25. The first Black, South Asian American, and first woman to be Vice President of the United States
  10. 27. Created the almanac
  11. 30. the act of pushing away a person or people because of an undesired quality
  12. 31. Home Camera Security System
  13. 32. Automatic elevator doors
  14. 33. Created peanut butter
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  1. 1. First African American woman in Congress and the first African American to seek the nomination for president of the USA
  2. 3. First African American child to attend a whites-only school. Was the beginning of desegregation in schools
  3. 4. the capacity to be regarded as equals despite any differences
  4. 5. poor treatment of a person or people because of the color of their skin
  5. 7. African American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics at NASA were critical to the success of the first U.S. crewed space flights
  6. 8. An American Muslim minister and human rights activist, he was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement.
  7. 10. an American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur who invented the Super Soaker
  8. 11. Invented the Ice cream scoop
  9. 12. the rights that every person should have, regardless of a person's gender, race, or religion
  10. 13. invented the straightening comb for hair
  11. 14. putting yourself in someone else's shoes
  12. 15. The beliefs, customs, and arts of a specific group of people.
  13. 16. to judge a person based on observation instead of the content of a person's character
  14. 17. Keeping people separated based on their skin color.
  15. 18. created the traffic light and the Gas Mask
  16. 19. First African American to travel to space
  17. 22. American activist during the civil rights movement, is known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott; honored by U.S. Congress as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement"
  18. 26. The ability to fit in regardless of predetermined qualities.
  19. 28. The first African-American to win the Goldman Environmental Prize
  20. 29. Sounds that are produced either by singing voices or by musical instruments.