Jacen's African-American Heroes

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  1. 6. known for being one of the greatest boxers in history
  2. 7. the first African American Supreme Court justice
  3. 9. became the first African American poet
  4. 12. broke powerful barriers installed by the nation's brutal history of slavery
  5. 14. refused to give up her bus seat to a white man
  6. 15. became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War
Down
  1. 1. his or her artistic movement in the 1920s celebrated black life and culture
  2. 2. the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force
  3. 3. was the most prominent African American scientist of the early 20th century
  4. 4. became the first African American actor to win an Academy Award for best actor
  5. 5. the person who said the speech "I have a dream"
  6. 6. a leader in the civil rights movement, minister and supporter of Black nationalism in the early 1960's
  7. 8. was enslaved, escaped, and helped others be free
  8. 10. broke the decades old "colour line" of Major league Baseball when he appeared on the field
  9. 11. the United States' first female African American vice president
  10. 13. the first Black woman elected to the United States Congress