History "We" Should know

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Across
  1. 1. “Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.”
  2. 5. a senseless act of evil
  3. 7. America's dark history
  4. 8. disturbing national trend
  5. 11. the most visible spokesman and leader in the civil rights movement
  6. 14. all black and strapped
  7. 15. Oklahoma's Greenwood District, known as Black Wall Street
  8. 16. making of amends
  9. 17. Al Sharpton
Down
  1. 2. 1930's New deal
  2. 3. in 1932, at a time when there was no known treatment for syphilis,
  3. 4. Originating in Galveston, Texas
  4. 6. born in Omaha, Nebraska went by "Red"
  5. 9. "behind a lie"
  6. 10. martial law segregation
  7. 12. founded in 1909
  8. 13. U.S. arms deal