Black History Month (Leaders)

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  1. 4. She is the first African American woman to have her very own television production company.
  2. 5. the first Black student to integrate into a white elementary school in 1960.
  3. 7. one of the greatest professional boxers of all time.
  4. 8. the first African American and Native American woman to be a pilot.
  5. 10. was the first Black woman to graduate from Yale Law School.
  6. 11. taught himself to read and write at a young age. After escaping slavery, he became an author, public speaker, and prominent leader.
  7. 12. the 44th president of the United States and the very first African American president.
  8. 13. As the first black US Supreme Court justice.
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  1. 1. Often called "The Mother of the Civil Rights Movement".
  2. 2. made 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people
  3. 3. was the first African American professional baseball player.(Dodgers)
  4. 6. was the NAACP's first field officer in Mississippi.
  5. 8. The first African-American woman elected to serve in Congress in 1968.
  6. 9. Gave a speech "I have a dream".