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Black History

Famous People, Movements, Events

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2 woman who refused to give her seat up for

a white man (2 words)

5 "We want land, __________, housing,

education, clothing, justice, and peace." ~

BPP

6 famous reverend who started the Rainbow

Coalition (2 words)

8 a famous bus boycott took place in this city

10 current head of the Nation of Islam (2

words)

11 holiday started by Ron Karenga

1 March on Washington for __________ and

Freedom

3 Black __________ Party ~ founded in

Sacramento by Huey Newton and Bobby

Seale in 1966

4 Angela __________ is one of the founders

of Critical Resistance

5 first African American to become President

of the USA (2 words)

7 famous member who publicly broke with the

Nation of Islam on March 8, 1964 (2 words)

9 last name of the man who gave the most

defining speech of the Civil Rights

Movement