Black History Icons
Across
- 4. Muslim minister that fought against inequality by "any means necessary "
- 5. a White spy that fought against inequality towards Blacks and blew the whistle on biggest massacre
- 7. 1st Black President of the US served for 8 years
- 9. 1st Black Supreme Court Justice
- 11. writer, singer, dancer, poet, actress, philanthropist, who gave the inaugural speech for President Clinton
- 13. 1st Black pilots in flight to aid in victory of WWII
- 14. peacefully protested for equality and led the march to Washington D.C
- 15. 1st Olympian to win 5 gold medals in a single competition (track star)
Down
- 1. female Moses freed many slaves to the North
- 2. protected his mom against a policeman and later became a congressman of Georgia
- 3. spoke and sang PEACE against the riots in every city he toured
- 6. innocent boy accused of flirting with a White woman and killed for it
- 8. the interracial couple that went against the state of Virginia to stay together
- 10. won equality for rights on the bus because she was too tired to get up
- 12. 1st tennis player to win all 3 World Cups