Black History Month Project

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Across
  1. 7. Pro-basketball player, Chicago Bulls, 6 NBA championships, USA Olympic team
  2. 8. Pro-boxer, WBC heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020, only lost to Tyson Fury
  3. 11. Professional cowboy, competed in rodeos inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame
  4. 12. 1st black woman to travel into space, spending 80 days on the STS-47 mission, National Medical Association Hall of Fame, appeared on Star Trek
  5. 13. 1st African-American child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana
  6. 14. Dancer, singer, actress, 1st black woman to star in a major motion picture, broke many gender stereotypes
  7. 15. American Muslim minister & civil rights activist, fought racism by promoting Nation of Islam
  8. 17. Former First Lady of the U.S., created the Let’s Move Campaign to fight child obesity
  9. 18. Olympic runner who won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Games, dealt with racism throughout his career
  10. 20. Pro-basketball player, only player to score 100 points in a single game & average 50 points in a season
  11. 26. Youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, writer, overcame struggles with a speech impediment
  12. 27. 1st African American President, served as Senator to Illinois, born in Hawaii
  13. 29. Explorer who is believed to have been one of the 1st to reach the North Pole
  14. 32. Famous for refusing to give up her seat on the bus for a white man, initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  15. 33. Escaped slave & Conductor in the underground railroad, helping many other slaves to escape
  16. 34. Jazz pianist, composer & leader of his big-band jazz orchestra which included a group of 14 musician from 1923 until his death
  17. 35. Actress known for playing the voice of Tianna, the 1st Black Disney Princess & Dreamgirls
Down
  1. 1. Pro-tennis player who has overcome struggles as a Black female in the sport
  2. 2. MLB player for the Indianapolis Clowns before baseball was desegregated, 21 seasons with Milwaukee Braves
  3. 3. Famous actor, known for playing Black Panther, continued to act through cancer diagnosis before dying in 2020
  4. 4. 1st African American to win the individual all-around title at 2012 Summer Olympic Games
  5. 5. Singer, rapper, actress, American Musical & Dramatic Academy & Georgia State University, The Electric Lady peaked #5 on Billboard Top 200
  6. 6. Group of African American military pilots & airmen who fought in WWII, deployed in 1942, flew pursuit missions over Italian controlled North Africa
  7. 7. 1st black women to ever become self-made millionaire through her hair care company
  8. 9. Pro-basketball player, LA Lakers, youngest player to score 40 points in a game, broke the all-time scoring record of 38,387 points
  9. 10. Surgeon who founded the 1st non-segregated hospital in the U.S., publicly championed by Frederick Douglass
  10. 14. 1st African American to play in Major League Baseball, 1947 Rookie of the Year
  11. 16. Civil Rights Activist, “I Have a Dream” Speech, March on Washington
  12. 19. Olympic all-around gymnast, grew up in foster care, tied for most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast
  13. 21. Real name is Cassius Clay, pro-boxer & heavyweight champion, grew up struggling with dyslexia
  14. 22. Chef, teacher, wrote the Taste of Country Cooking, which helped refine the American view of Southern cooking
  15. 23. Born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina and escaped during the Civil War
  16. 24. NASA engineer, innovator & inventor of the super soaker
  17. 25. 1st black dancer to be promoted to principal dancer of the American Ballet Theater, featured in a music video for Prince, member of President Obama's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition
  18. 28. Pro-soccer player labeled "the greatest" by FIFA & only player to win 3 world cups
  19. 30. Escaped slave, autobiography became best-seller and made people think critically about slavery
  20. 31. Neurosurgeon, ran for President in 2016, served as Secretary of Housing & Urban Development