Black History : A Crossword Puzzle for English Learners

We created a crossword puzzle for English learners, which you can find below. If it is too hard for you, no need to panic :-). Simply scroll down to find the solutions.

BLACK HISTORY

Across:

1 A term describing the forced transportation of enslaved Africans to the Americas.

3 A Black abolitionist and writer of The North Star newspaper.

4 The first Black woman elected to Congress.

6 The period of cultural and artistic growth in Harlem during the 1920s.

8 She refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.

9 The name of the group of Black pilots who served in World War II.

10 The amendment that abolished slavery in the U.S.

11 A network of secret routes used to help enslaved people escape.

13 The first Black President of the United States. 

14 A movement that sought to end racial discrimination in the U.S. during the 1950s-60s.

Down:

1 He delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963. 

2 The first Black woman to travel to space.

5 The African American poet and activist who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

6 The first Black woman to win an Academy Award (for Gone with the Wind).

7 A jazz musician known as "Satchmo" and famous for What a Wonderful World. 

12 An art form pioneered by Black musicians in New Orleans in the early 20th century. 

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SOLUTIONS

Across:

1 Middle Passage

3 Frederick Douglass

4 Shirley Chisholm

6 Harlem Renaissance

8 Rosa Parks

9 Tuskegee Airmen

10 Thirteenth

11 Underground Railroad

13 Barack Obama

14 Civil Rights

Down:

1 Martin Luther King Jr.

2 Mae Jemison

5 Maya Angelou

6 Hattie McDaniel

7 Louis Armstrong

12 Jazz

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