Black History Month Crossword Puzzle

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Civil Rights & Social Movements has 22 clues. Answers range from 4 to 28 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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Who was the pitcher in the Negro Baseball league who developed bat-badger, and jump ball and was elected into Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971?
In what year did Harriet Tubman escape slavery?
Who was the first African American Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
What was the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
What was the first American Colony to abolish slavery?
What was the first black newspaper?
Who was the first black astronaut to walk in space?
Which of the following court cases dealt with interstate commerce?
Which of the following cases and/or legislation was the only one not to occur in the 1960's?
Which important legislation forbid employers from discriminating against minorities?
Arthur Ashe was a famous ____________.
Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions? Blood banks, Charles Drew is responsible for which of the following?
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to do what?
He started the "Back to Africa Movement",and was later deported back to his homeland in Jamaica?
She was the first African American to publish her writings Lena Horne, Who was the American singer, actress and civil rights leader who got her start singing at the Cotton Club in New York City at age 16?
Who was last black actress to win the Academy Award"s Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 2006?
Who was the Ladies World Figure Skating Championship in 1986?
What was the nickname for the all Black 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps which escorted Allied Bombers through European airspace on 1,578 mission during World War II?
What service did the first African American female millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker, provide?
Who was the first African American poet to win an Pulitzer Prize?
Who is the author who wrote" I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Who was the first African American car manufacturer in 1916?

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