Black History Crossword--More Hidden Figures

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  1. 4. Initials of organization for nonviolent protests
  2. 5. Otis Boykin invented the unit for the artificial _____ stimulator
  3. 6. Historical event became federally recognized in 2021
  4. 13. 1st African American woman to win Grammy Award (2 words)
  5. 14. Name of National Council of Negro Women founder
  6. 16. Civil rights activist who received 2013 Presidential Medal of Honor
  7. 19. In 1967, the US legalized interracial _______
  8. 20. Historian who created Black History Month
  9. 21. Shipping company owned and operated by blacks (3 words)
  10. 22. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” author
  11. 24. Inventor of 3-way traffic signal
  12. 25. Alabama city for major demonstration against segregation
  13. 28. Gordon Parks: 1st African American to direct a major ____
  14. 29. Name of female rapper Dana Owens
  15. 32. Jackie Robinson: 1st African American to play major league ____
  16. 34. 1st African American woman elected to US Congress
  17. 35. 1st black self-made millionaire
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  1. 1. 1st African American to win Nobel Prize in physics (2 words)
  2. 2. Meredith Gourdine invented method of converting gas into___
  3. 3. Underground ______, informal system that helped enslaved persons escape
  4. 7. African American woman US Supreme Court Justice (2 words)
  5. 8. Dancer/choreographer who founded dance company in 1957
  6. 9. State with most Black institutions of higher learning
  7. 10. NASA Scientist Valerie Thomas: invented _____ technology (1 number 1 letter 1 word)
  8. 11. Practice of denying the right to vote
  9. 12. 1st African American woman to go to space
  10. 15. Ida B. Wells lost teaching job for refusing to give up her _____
  11. 17. 1st African American appointed to Supreme Court
  12. 18. Name for Black pilots who flew during WWII
  13. 23. Travel guide for African Americans published 1936-66 (2 words)
  14. 26. State Black Wall Street is located
  15. 27. Shirley Jackson’s research produced call waiting & ______ ID
  16. 30. Initials of national organization founded on Lincoln’s birthday
  17. 31. Rapper who won Pulitzer Prize
  18. 33. Name of “Good Trouble” civil/voting rights activist