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- 5. Nickname for the jazz great, Louis Armstrong
- 7. This athlete was 17 at her first U.S. Open (first name only)
- 9. Claudette __, a badass, was arrested at 15 for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a segregated bus.
- 10. Maya __ was the first woman and first African American to read a poem at a presidential inauguration
- 11. Don Cornelius hosted this television show
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- 1. The US government will likely never pay these to Black Americans, but they should
- 2. She was the first Black woman elected to the US Congress
- 3. Toussaint __ was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution
- 4. Bessie __ was the first African American and Native American woman to hold a pilot license
- 6. Madam __ was the first African American millionaire in the United States
- 8. Before he was President, Barack Obama was senator for this state