African American People Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. Julian - Developed synthetic steroids for treatment of arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.
- 4. Boucher - First African American to graduate from Yale.
- 6. Morgan - Invented the gas mask.
- 7. Banneker - Constructed the first clock.
- 12. Maynard Daly - First African American woman witha Ph.D in Chemistry.
- 14. Boykin - Invented the pacemaker.
- 15. G Fryer Jr - Inequality studies.
- 16. Reason - First African American professor at a predominantly White college.
- 18. Crosthwait Jr - Invented heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.
Down
- 1. Carson - First surgeon to separate Craniopagus twins.
- 3. W. Chappelle - Discovered a method for detecting bacteria in water, food, and body fluids.
- 5. Williams - Performed the first successful open heart surgery.
- 6. T Woods - Invented a train-to-station communication system.
- 8. Earnest Wilkins Jr - African American nuclear scientist who attended University of Chicago at age 13.
- 9. Hall - Worked on food sterilization and preservation.
- 10. Branson - Protein Structure research.
- 11. Turner - African American zoologist who demonstrated that insects can hear.
- 12. Jemison - First African American woman to go into space.
- 13. Miller - First African American to study graduate mathematics.
- 17. Latimer - Invented carbon filament for the lightbulb.