Black History Month 2024

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Across
  1. 4. place where trains run, or an underground network Tubman used to free and escort slaves to freedom.
  2. 9. term meaning to succeed a struggle, which Revelation 11:12 reference this term with the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony
  3. 10. escaped slave to civil rights activist fighting for emancipation and black suffrage during the Civil War
  4. 13. a popular hairstyle worn by African Americans in the 1960s and 1970s and combed with a pick.
  5. 14. Parks full name of the lady refused to give up her seat
  6. 17. traditional music introduced by Thomas Dorsey, first blues and jazz, then with Scriptural reference that inspired old-fashioned hymns and modern-day praise & worship.
  7. 19. Africa’s holiday during Christmas
  8. 20. New York neighborhood where the Golden Age and Renaissance of African American began, such as music and arts.
  9. 22. Mark Phillips and Johnathan Newton are a part of entertainment group who host DreamCon and produce funny skits about anime.
  10. 25. city where nonviolent activists walked on Edmund Pettus Bridge to protest and protect African Americans’ right to vote.
  11. 26. YouTuber’s slogan: “What’s good y’all? Welcome back…!”
  12. 28. named meaning “exalted” in Arabic, an artist who described a man as if he’s “that somebody” for her.
  13. 30. first African American child who attended an all-white school called William Frantz Elementary School
  14. 31. a 1971 music show featuring African American music with the host, Don Cornelius
  15. 32. color for royal and Alice Walker’s most famous novel
  16. 34. Texas holiday commemorating the end of slavery after the Civil War
Down
  1. 1. type of rapping using your mouth—Doug E. Fresh is famous for it.
  2. 2. Mufusa’s actor last and the Temptations’ song
  3. 3. poet and novelist who discovered why the caged bird sings
  4. 5. a unisex hairstyle twisting and braiding hair…you’re dreading the process if your mother and grandmother did this to your hair growing up.
  5. 6. last name of the first African American self-made millionaire and the author of the novel, Color Purple
  6. 7. a Disney movie about a jazz musician
  7. 8. Lawson – full name of the first African American gamer and engineer, designing the Fairchild Channel F.
  8. 11. an instrument used by Lester Young and Grover Washington Jr.
  9. 12. theme of 1 Corinthians 13 and Jesus' greatest commandment
  10. 15. Shack- Ernie Barnes’ 1976 masterpiece, which featured in Marvin Gaye’s album, I Want You and the end credits of the sitcom Good Times during the 1970s.
  11. 16. the Black private detective starring Richard Roundtree: John _____
  12. 18. a gardener and scientist
  13. 19. “I have a dream” spokesperson
  14. 21. a noun meaning to evoke power over one’s own rights or to perform duties, especially for women, African Americans, and other minority groups.
  15. 23. author’s first name who played in Black Panther and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  16. 24. the last name of the first Black woman to win an Oscar
  17. 27. a proverb: “it takes a(n) _______ to raise a child.”
  18. 29. last name of a poet who wrote “A Dream Deferred.”
  19. 33. The R in R&B stands for