Celebrating Black History Month

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  1. 2. The first African American woman elected into the House of Representatives.
  2. 5. This author/poet/singer and activist Knew Why the Caged Bird Sung.
  3. 10. The first African American woman to supervise a staff at NASA.
  4. 12. From Massachusetts- this African American man was the first to receive a PhD from Harvard University.
  5. 13. She has 20 #1 hits and 73 entries on the Billboard Top 100.
  6. 14. The title of the autobiography written by the first Black First Lady of the United States.
  7. 15. The first and last name of the African American historian who founded Negro History Week in 1926.
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  1. 1. During the Civil War- this eminent abolitionist reformer and statesman was a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln.
  2. 3. A famous speech in which abolitionist and women's rights activist Sojourner Truth asked..
  3. 4. The first African American to be elected to the U.S Senate.
  4. 6. He won 9 Track and Field Olympic medals in the 80s and 90s.
  5. 7. The first African American to be appointed to the U.S Supreme Court.
  6. 8. ABC can thank this incredible TV producer/screenwriter and author for more than 3 of it's top shows.
  7. 9. The first self-made female millionaire.
  8. 11. The neighborhood in NY where an intellectual/social/artistic explosion occurred. Also known as the birth place of the "Negro Movement".