Black history crossword puzzle

2. Was an American attorney and judge.
5. May be best known for punching Alabama Sheriff Jim Clark while attempting to register to vote.
7. He became known for focusing on issues of civil rights, poverty, race relations and urban life.
8. Co-founded the National Political Congress of Black Women, supported the Equal Rights Amendment, and fought to legalize abortions.
9. An American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games.
11. Frederick Douglass published his book in 1845 called the “ The Narrative of the Life of “.
14. She became the first African American woman to go into space.
15. An African-American pastor, national civil rights leader, theologian, and cultural historian.
16. Was the premiere behind-the-scenes organizer, co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
17. The first African-American woman, and also the first woman of Native-American descent, to hold a pilot's license.
18. An American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide.

1. He was a leader of the American civil rights movement.
3. Won the Olympic high jump title in an Olympic and American record of 5' 6 1/8".
4. He called for black progress through education and entrepreneurship.
6. Civil rights lawyer who used the courts to fight Jim Crow and dismantle segregation in the U.S.
10. An American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader in the civil rights movement.
12. Enslaved, escaped, and helped others gain their freedom as a “conductor" of the Underground Railroad.
13. Refused to give up her seat in a bus to a white passenger.