"Black Excellence"
Across
- 3. 2019 World Champion in women's 100m.
- 5. American songbird known as "The Voice".
- 6. Recently deceased Rock and Roll musical icon.
- 8. EGOT status actress with lead role in the movie "The Woman King".
- 13. American actor who played lead role on "The Equalizer".
- 14. First President of South Africa.
- 16. Mowtown singer who was the lead vocalist of the group "The Supremes".
- 18. Mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics at NASA were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights.
- 19. Artiste with the most Grammy wins in history.
- 20. Rescued enslaved people using the Underground Railroad.
Down
- 1. Activist and political philosopher who was assassinated in 1968.
- 2. Founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
- 4. American activist who played a pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
- 7. Eight-time Olympic sprint champion.
- 9. Famous singer who released "Anti" album in 2016.
- 10. Brazilian forward who led his national football team to three World Cup titles.
- 11. Considered by many "The Greatest Musician of All Time"
- 12. American screenwriter of the TV series "Grey's Anatomy".
- 15. Author of famous poem "And Still I Rise".
- 17. Muslim minister and activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement.