Black History

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Across
  1. 3. First Black American PhD in physics from Yale
  2. 4. Pioneer of modern blood banking
  3. 5. Civil rights leader and presidential candidate
  4. 6. Mathematician whose work helped create GPS
  5. 8. First Black woman physician in the U.S.
  6. 10. Teen who refused bus seat before Rosa Parks
  7. 13. Self taught folk artist of rural Southern life
  8. 14. Early Black filmmaker challenging stereotypes
  9. 15. Internationally recognized Black and Native sculptor
  10. 17. First Black American novelist and abolitionist
Down
  1. 1. Inventor of engine lubrication systems
  2. 2. First Black woman to earn a bachelor degree
  3. 4. Harlem Renaissance poet
  4. 7. Security system co inventor
  5. 9. Beauty entrepreneur and philanthropist
  6. 10. Developed citizenship schools for voting rights
  7. 11. Improved the incandescent light bulb
  8. 12. NAACP leader who investigated lynchings
  9. 13. Legal strategist who dismantled segregation
  10. 16. Refrigeration and cinema technology innovator