African American & Black American Achievers

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Across
  1. 3. First African-American astronaut
  2. 5. Fought for women's rights and the abolishment of slavery.
  3. 6. First African-American woman to fly in space.
  4. 9. Won 6 NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls
  5. 10. Famous jazz musician from New Orleans
  6. 12. Last name of a great Civil Rights activist and minister during the 1950s
  7. 15. First African American allowed to play major league baseball
  8. 16. Number of African Americans in the 1978 Astronaut class
Down
  1. 1. Doctor who began the first blood bank
  2. 2. First American to die for the Revolution during the Boston Massacre.
  3. 4. Refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man
  4. 7. First African American Supreme Court Justice
  5. 8. Worked through the Underground Railroad to free others
  6. 11. Scientist who created products from peanuts and soybeans.
  7. 13. First African American to go into outer space
  8. 14. First African American President.