Black History Month Facts

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  1. 2. who was an American professional boxer and activist.
  2. 3. who was responsible for the development of Tuskegee University in
  3. 6. who became the first African-American woman to travel into space
  4. 7. who used the network of the Underground Railroad.
  5. 8. who was an American surgeon and medical researcher
  6. 11. who was best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  7. 13. who was an investigative journalist, and early leader in the civil rights movement
  8. 15. who was the winner of the National Medal of Technology
  9. 19. whose mathematician calculations were critical to the success of the subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights
  10. 20. who made different uses for peanuts
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  1. 1. who was an American bass-baritone concert artist
  2. 4. who was the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress.
  3. 5. who was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist
  4. 9. who was an American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement
  5. 10. who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S
  6. 12. who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement
  7. 14. who published his first book in 1845.
  8. 16. who served in the United States House of Representatives
  9. 17. who became prominent in U.S. documentary photojournalism
  10. 18. who was an American singer and actress