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Black History Month Crossword

by the Cooley Reston Diversity Committee
Across
This woman was the first African American principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre
Most visible spokesman and leader of the civil rights movement who gave the speech in 25 down
This GOAT Olympian has 32 combined Olympic medals and world championship medals
Born into slavery, this woman escaped and subsequently lead combat assault missions to help 70 enslaved African Americans gain their freedom with the Underground Railroad.
Black historian and founder of Black History Week
Theme for Black History Month 2022 is Black Health and ________
Notable African American poet, singer, activist, and scholar who wrote “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”
One of the most prominent Black scientists of the early 20th century who promoted alternative crops to cotton and methods to prevent soil depletion
First degree-granting HBCU
Presidential proclamation issued by US President Abraham Lincoln freeing slaves in states not under Union control
First female self-made millionaire in America
First licensed Black pilot who paved the way for Tuskegee airmen, Blackbirds, and Flying Hobos
The US Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment in Brown vs. Board of Education of this city
This NASA astronaut was the first Black woman to go to space
Down
refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, launching the event in 8 down
African American investigative journalist, educator, early leader of the civil rights movemement, and one of the founders of the NAACP
First African American woman elected to US Congress in 1968
In 2008, became the first African-American president of the United States
Number of African American students first integrated in to Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas
The foundational event in the civil rights movement started as a social protest campaign against racial segregation in the public transit system in this city
First African American Supreme Court Justice, also known for arguing the historic Brown v. Board of Education
Beloved author and laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature
First black-owned and operated HBCU
Center of the intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship in NYC in the 1920s and 1930s
The “godmother of the women’s movement,” who worked to advance women’s rights especially concerning African American women issues of unemployment, illiteracy, and voter awareness
Grand Slam title winning tennis sisters
Fences and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom writer
MLK’s historic speech “I Have a ____”