BHM Crossword

5. He created the first automatic bread maker
7. First African American women in Congress
8. This is the first black owned television station (Hint: Originated in Detroit Ch. 62)
9. He created the traffic signal
11. She is Michigan’s first African American woman in Congress
15. She was the first to create a closed circuit television security system
16. He is the first African American republican to be elected from the south since 1881

1. He is the longest serving African American in Congress
2. He invented the potato chip
3. He wrote lift every voice and sing
4. Nine months before Rosa Parks at age 15 she refused to give up her seat and was arrested
6. This is often referred to as the black national anthem
10. The door of no return is located on this island
12. These were state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States until 1865.
13. She was the first African American woman to win 5 Screen Guild Awards
14. She created the first black hair product line