Black History Month 2024

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Across
  1. 2. 17 year old young woman from Brozeville (IL) and earned her doctorate degree. She enrolled in college at 10 and completed her masters by 14.
  2. 4. In the early 1930s she played a crucial role in the integration of sports. The undisputed middleweight champions
  3. 7. She made HIstory as the first woman rapper to earn prestigious Kennedy Center Honors Award
  4. 9. She became this year the world's highest paid female athlete
  5. 10. She is America’s first youngest black millionaire
  6. 11. She got a Perfect Score on the PSAT
  7. 12. She made history as the youngest & first woman director of football operation at NC AT & T
  8. 14. First American businesswoman and teacher in 1903.She became both the first Black American woman to charter a bank and the first Black American woman to serve as a bank president
  9. 15. She is the 1st black to win a Pulitzer Award
Down
  1. 1. He was one of the greatest champions in boxing history.From 1980-87 he was the undisputed middleweight champion of the world
  2. 3. This 6 year old is the newest member of Mensa( This Is A prestigious society reserved or the brightest minds) She boasts an impressive IQ of 138
  3. 5. First African American Woman to ever earn a PH.D. in Economics back in 1921
  4. 6. He was the first known Black person to be born in the 13 colonies.
  5. 8. She is America’s youngest African American Junior Golf Champion
  6. 13. At 14 years old she became the youngest student to ever be accepted into the prestigious Spelman College