"Black History Facts, 2021a" by Kathy Webb-Love Crossword

Gerald Lawson developed a home ____ game system which forever changed the way this industry operates.
This was a leading issue pertaining to the Civil war.
The 13th ___ to the Constitution finally outlawed slavery.
Sojourner Truth is often remembered for her speech entitled "Ain't I a ___?"
A person who takes action in support of a cause
Our (USA's) leading civil rights organization
The enforced separation of different racial, ethnic or religious groups
____ versus Board of Education is the court case disallowing separate public schools for black and white students
When people refuse to leave an area in order to protest an unfair law or practice
___ ___ Bridge, site of the brutal Bloody Sunday beatings of civil rights marchers for voting rights (2 words)
Dr. Martin Luther King's famous 1963 speech, "I Have a ____"
Nickname for a U. S. President
In 1964, this law was passed to protect the rights of African Americans (3 words)
"Mother of the Civil Rights Movement"
Atlanta alma mater of Dr. MLK, _____ College
The ___ Oak, under which slave children were taught, still stands on Hampton University's campus.
The oldest college for African American women
W.E.B. DuBois was the first African American to earn this degree from Harvard University
First African American player in Major League baseball
In 2012, President Obama was elected to a ___ term.
This law guaranteed blacks and other minorities the right to vote (2 words)
Many unjust police officers of the 1960's beat and arrested ____ protesters.
Marchers carry signs with ___ about their reason for marching.
Allows different groups to share facilities and activities together
Children born in the Unites States are U. S. _____.
Pre Civil War, ____ states formed the Confederate States of America.
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation
The Tennessee, then St. Louis, couple who wanted to write books for African American children
St. Louis born comedian nicknamed for his ruddy complexion (2 words)
First African American high school west of the Mississippi River
Thirteen times, this weekly has been recognized as the top African American newspaper in the country (2 words/abbre)
Music genre popularized by inner city African Americans and Latino Americans