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Across
- 3. Jewelry often worn by Black icons
- 4. Sports star or winner
- 6. Key value in Black culture
- 8. Booker T. Washington’s wife
- 10. Voice type in jazz
- 13. Beyoncé album title
- 14. Latifah's title
- 17. Ghanaian name, means "born on Friday"
- 18. Book series by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- 22. DJ, as in "____ Flav"
- 23. Tattoo, often significant in Black culture
- 24. Important community space
- 26. Comedian Murphy
- 27. Questlove's hip-hop band
- 30. Play "A Raisin in the Sun"
Down
- 1. Justice Thomas’s first name
- 2. Actor Morgan
- 5. Musical leader
- 7. Creative expression
- 9. Queen of Sheba's first name
- 11. Afrobeat musician Kuti
- 12. Last name of singer Alicia
- 15. Beyoncé's sister, musician
- 16. Poet Angelou’s first name
- 19. NBA star, last name James
- 20. Singer known for "Smooth Operator"
- 21. Actress King’s first name
- 25. Film about a person's life
- 28. Music group with three members
- 29. Form of expression