Celebrating Black History Month

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Across
  1. 4. — First Black woman to publish a book of poetry in America (1773).
  2. 5. — Sociologist, NAACP co-founder, and author of The Souls of Black Folk.
  3. 7. — The "Queen of Soul" who sang the movement's anthem, "Respect."
  4. 8. — Lead attorney in Brown v. Board and first Black Supreme Court Justice.
  5. 9. — The month "Juneteenth" celebrates the end of slavery in Texas.
Down
  1. 1. — The 1896 case that legalized "Separate but Equal."
  2. 2. — Abolitionist orator who authored a famous 1845 autobiography.
  3. 3. — State home to the "Black Wall Street" (Tulsa) destroyed in 1921
  4. 6. — Surname of the woman who refused to give up her seat in 1955.
  5. 8. — Author of the seminal novel Beloved and Nobel Prize winner.