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Across: 1. Father of African American History 2. Constitutional amendment forbidding states to deny the right to vote on basis of race, color, or previous condition of servitude 5. First Name of the "Conductor" of the Underground Railroad 6. Cloth from Ghana 7. Period after the Civil War 1865-1877 11. African American actor, singer, political activist 14. Former member of the Negro American League's Indianapolis Clowns, the last Negro league player to also play in the majors 15. African American Hair style 17. Constitutional amendment forbidding slavery in any state of the Union 18. African American Holiday

Down: 1. Man who wrote an "Appeal" urging African descendants to rebel against slavery in 1829 3. African American writers, artisits, and entertainers made major contributions to popular culture during 1920's 4. Freedom in Swahili 8. NAACP official killed in Mississippi in 1963 9. First name of Leader of Haitian Revolution 10. State with many stopovers for the Underground Railroad 12. Term referring to the ending of slavery 13. Organization advocating civil rights since 1909 14. Movement to end slavery 16. First African American woman to seek a major political party's nomination in 1972