African Americans in History

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Across
  1. 3. Inventor of "dry scouring"
  2. 4. First African American to earn a doctorate at Harvard
  3. 7. 1994 American Libraries most influential black women in journalism
  4. 10. First black woman to travel into space
  5. 12. Leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
  6. 14. Co-chair of the Biden-Harris Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board
  7. 15. Inventor of the "Power Drencher"
  8. 16. South African theologian
  9. 17. Known as "African American Computer"
Down
  1. 1. "Peanut man"
  2. 2. First black woman to graduate from Yale Law School
  3. 5. Jazz singer
  4. 6. Winner of NAACP's first Spingarn Medal
  5. 8. Civil rights activist
  6. 9. First African American first lady
  7. 11. Arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white woman on a full bus.
  8. 13. Freedom Rides Organizer