black famous people
Across
- 3. Marshall First African American Supreme Court Justice
- 6. Parks Known as the "mother of the freedom movement" for refusing to give up her bus seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 8. Douglass Abolitionist leader, author, and orator who escaped slavery.
- 9. Luther King Jr.: Led the American civil rights movement using nonviolent civil disobedience.
- 10. Chisholm First Black woman elected to Congress.
Down
- 1. Truth Abolitionist and women's rights activist.
- 2. X Minister and human rights ac women's rights activist.
- 4. Tubman Abolitionist who led enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
- 5. Obama: 44th U.S. President and the first African American to hold the office.
- 7. Brown Jackson: First Black woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.