The Murray State News Black History Month

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Across
  1. 4. "The Greatest" boxer
  2. 5. Famous Philanthropist with a talk show
  3. 9. A leader of the African American civil rights movement
  4. 11. What city was Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in?
  5. 13. The Amendment to abolish slavery
  6. 15. Famous historically black university.
Down
  1. 1. Who was the first African-American president in the United States?
  2. 2. Female author who wrote of her escape from slavery
  3. 3. The first state to abolish slavery
  4. 4. "I have a dream."
  5. 6. The genre of music often associated with African Americans.
  6. 7. This woman led hundreds of enslaved African Americans through the Underground Railroad?
  7. 8. The 'Queen of Soul'
  8. 10. The president who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  9. 12. Which city has the largest black population?
  10. 14. The first African American supreme court justice