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Extra Credit To honor Black History Month we offer up this Word Scramble featuring a few notable Americans. Resources can be found at cta.org/blackhistory. ANSWER KEY 1 . Madam C.J. Walker (Sarah Breedlove) – First American woman to become a self-made millionaire. 2. George Washington Carver – Developed more than 100 products using peanuts. 3. Martin Luther King Jr. – Clergyman and civil rights leader. 4. Rosa Parks – Civil rights activist. 5. Kamala Harris – California attorney general. 6. Carter G. Woodson – Historian, educator. 7. Mary Ellen Pleasant – "Mother of civil rights" in California. 8. Hank Aaron – National Baseball Hall of Fame player. 9. Mervyn Dymally – First African American lieutenant governor of California. 10. Maya Angelou – Poet, writer, performer. 11 . Shirley Chisholm – Congresswoman, childhood education expert. 12. Scott Joplin – Ragtime pianist and composer. 13. Percy Julian – Chemist, developed physostigmine, a drug used to treat glaucoma. 14. Harriet Tubman – Abolitionist, "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. 15. Booker T. Washington – Educator, orator. 16. James Van Der Zee – Photographer. 17. (General) Mary Kight – First woman to head the California National Guard. 18. Faye Wattleton – Activist, co–founded the Center for the Advancement of Women. 19. Wilma Rudolph – Track and field, won three gold medals at 1960 Olympics. 20. Thurgood Marshall – U.S. lawyer and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. 21 . Barack Obama – 44th president of the United States. 1. MDAMA JC ARELWK 2. REOGGE GSTHAIOWNN VAERRC 3. NRIAMT TUEHLR KGIN RJ 4. ARSO SAPKR 5. ALAMAK ARRISH 6. EARTRC G WOSODNO 7. YMAR NELEL SANTPLEA 8. AKHN AAONR 9. MRYNVE YLLAMYD 10. AMYA UGONELA 11. HILESRY IOCHLMHS WORD SCRAMBLE! 12. TTSCO OLPNJI 13. EPCYR AILUNJ 14. RAIHTER AUBTMN 15. KBOREO T TONHWGINAS 16. ASMJE NAV RDE EEZ 17. RYMA THGIK 18. AYEF TAETTWOLN 19. MALWI PHLUROD 20. GROTUOHD LRASHALM 21. KACBRA AMABO Good Luck! 64 www.cta.org