Black History Month Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. He was the first African-American to win an Academy Award for the Best Actor in 1963.
  2. 3. Become the first African American President of the United States.
  3. 7. First black actress to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
  4. 8. This music legend was born and raised in the Shaw neighborhood, played his first band here, and his musical influence is still evident throughout the city.
  5. 9. Created and starred in a one-woman show, "The Lady and Her Music."
Down
  1. 1. Jr. Become head of the National Urban League in 1961.
  2. 2. The first woman elected to the congress.
  3. 4. Cedar Hill, a neighborhood in Anacostia was home to orator and abolitionist ____________, who was also the first African American to buy a home in this same neighborhood.
  4. 5. She became the first African American singer to perform as a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
  5. 6. He was the first African-American broadcast network news anchor.