St. Philip's Episcopal Church Celebrates Black History Month Puzzle #1

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  1. 3. The first enslaved African to arrive in Florida 1500-1539.
  2. 6. "Conductor" Traveled 19 times to escort 300 slaves to freedom.
  3. 7. The First African American president of the Ford Foundation.
  4. 10. Man's best friend
  5. 11. In 1926 he initiated the celebration of Negro History Week.
  6. 12. Large marsupial
  7. 13. She is the 1st African American woman to orbit the earth in 1992.
  8. 14. An armed scout & spy for the US Army during the American Civil War.
  9. 15. In 1799 he became the 1st African American ordained in the ministry of the M E Church.
  10. 16. Likes to chase mice
  11. 18. Has a trunk
  12. 19. Voting Rights Activist. She ran for Congress in 1964 & 1965.
  13. 20. In 1954 he became the first state field secretary of the NAACP.
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  1. 1. The 1st African American to reach the North Pole.
  2. 2. Jim was an Afr American who played a major role in settling the American West.
  3. 4. Flying mammal
  4. 5. Served as chairman of AOL Time Warner, Citigroup & CEO of the NBA's LA Clippers in 2014.
  5. 8. He was the founder of the city of Chicago. Born 1745 in Haiti
  6. 9. In 1922 during a time of gender and racial discrimination she became the 1st Afri Amer with a pilots license.
  7. 17. She co founded the National Asso. of Colored Women.