Black History Month
Across
- 4. First female U.S. Vice President
- 5. Record-breaking Olympic gymnast with multiple gold medals
- 6. 44th U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 10. NBA legend known as "His Airness"
- 13. Trailblazing talk show host and media mogul
- 16. Civil Rights icon known for refusing to give up her bus seat
- 17. Boxing champion know as "the real deal"
- 18. WNBA legend and fist player to dunk in a WNBA game
- 19. Underground railroad conductor and abolitionist
- 20. Founder of Tuskegee Institute and influential educator
Down
- 1. First African American woman to travel in space
- 2. NASA mathematician who helped launch the first American into space
- 3. First African American U.S. Supreme Court Justice
- 7. Renowned poet and author of I know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- 8. First African American female principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater
- 9. Tennis icon with 23 Grand Slam singles titles
- 11. NBA legend known as the "Black Mamba"
- 12. Tennis Legend who won three Grand Slam titles
- 14. Pioneering aviator, first African American woman with pilot's license
- 15. Creator and star of HBO's "Insecure"