7th grade Black History Month
Across
- 2. Americas first black American, South Asian, and female vice president
- 6. African American inventor, he invented the automatic door and a hair cleaning product. He made it so people were safe when using elevators
- 7. First African American in the NHL
- 10. The first African American to win a nobel peace prize
- 12. One of the first black video game inventors
- 13. She sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and was known as the mother of the civil rights movement
- 14. A civil rights activist that organized the March on Washington to stop segregation
- 17. He was a pre-medical student
- 19. She won 4 Olympic gold medals, and won a lot more medals. Greatest tennis player ever
- 20. The first African American woman to win three gold medals in the track and field olympics
Down
- 1. The woman who saved many people from the underground railroad
- 3. She became famous for inventing a probe to help blind people
- 4. The first African American mechanic
- 5. first black women to make 1 million dollars
- 8. a black American rights activist
- 9. one of the big reasons why African American art is in museums today
- 11. He had a huge impact on African American dance. He founded Alvin Ailey American dance theater
- 15. She made a campaign called let's move for health and nutrition purposes
- 16. A major activist having to do with civil rights. A huge inspiration to people around the world
- 18. The most decorated gymnast of all time. She made an amazing comeback to the Olympics and has paved the way for gymnasts of color