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Down: 1) born in Connecticut in 1710; studied theology at Harvard; served as a colonial governor of Connecticut; became the only colonial governor to support the American Revolution; was the only colonial governor to remain in power after independence2) born in 1919; served as Governor of Alabama during the civil rights movement of the 60s and 70s; he was pro-segregation and blocked the admission of 2 African American students to the University of Alabama in 1963; underwent a political turnaround from segregationist to winning support among African Americans where he appointed record numbers of African Americans to government positions; survived an assassination attempt in 1972 while campaigning but was left permanently paralyzed3) born in 1918; attended the University of Missouri where he studied economics; created today's WalMart stores; developed new types of retail establishments such as membership warehouses (Sam's Club) and supercenters where he combined grocery items with variety store merchandise6) born in 1884; served in WW1 as a captain; served as a US Senator from Missouri; elected 33rd President of the US; made the decision to use the atomic bomb against the Japanese to bring an end to WW2; issued an executive order directing the desegregation of the armed forces in 1948 Across: 4) born of slave parents in Mississippi just before Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation; grew up to become a journalist and newspaper editor who championed civil rights; sued a railroad for forcibly removing her from her seat in order for it to be given to a white man; began an anti-lynching campaign; became involved with the women's suffrage movement; fought to end segregation in schools; one of the founders of the NAACP and one of the first African American women to run for public office in the US when she ran for a seat in the Illinois state legislature5) born in 1954; graduated from Princeton University and earned her law degree from Yale; appointed a US District Court Judge by President George H. W. Bush; appointed a judge of US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by Bill Clinton; appointed to the US Supreme Court in 2009 by Barack Obama and is the first Puerto Rican descendant to serve on the high court7) first African American military aviators to serve during WW2; 103 African American officers were arrested when they attempted to enter an officers' club but were cleared of any wrongdoing; their outstanding accomplishments led President Truman to issue Executive Order 9981 in 1948 directing the desegregation of the US armed forces8) grew up in San Antonio; founder of the largest Hispanic advertising agency in the US; served as the Hispanic media consultant in 6 Republican campaigns; in 2005 recognized as one of the 25 most influential Hispanics in America by Time magazine
 

 

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