Black History Month 2024 Crossword 2

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  1. 6. This “Alien Superstar” singer has won a record 32 Grammy awards.
  2. 11. A fixture of the Harlem Renaissance, she wrote 'Their Eyes Were Watching God.'
  3. 12. This “Queen” was the first female artist inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
  4. 14. She was the 2017 National Youth Poet Laureate winner.
  5. 17. She was the first Black female playwright to have a play performed on Broadway.
  6. 20. Member of The Fugees, she became the first rapper to grace the cover of Time magazine.
  7. 21. The first African American Female Principal Dancer with the American Ballet Theatre.
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  1. 1. This actress and soprano has earned a record 6 Tony Awards to date.
  2. 2. She is the creator of Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and Inventing Anna
  3. 3. This filmmaker’s credits include Selma, When They See Us, and A Wrinkle in Time.
  4. 4. This Grammy winning Gospel icon was offered and declined his first contract at age 7.
  5. 5. This award-winning actor starred in 42, Get On Up and Black Panther.
  6. 7. This “Respect” star and daytime talk show host acquired an EGOT in 2022.
  7. 8. This Blues singer loved his Lucille.
  8. 9. This Shaft director became the first Black director of a major Hollywood studio film.
  9. 10. His acclaimed work Notes of a Native Son spotlighted racial inequality in the U.S.
  10. 13. The Color Purple won a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction making her the first Black woman to win.
  11. 15. This Phenomenal Woman, known as America’s Poet Laureate, never officially served.
  12. 16. This author of Beloved was the 1st Black woman to earn a Nobel Peace Prize in Literature
  13. 18. This Fruitvale Station director, directed the person and film mentioned in question 5.
  14. 19. A singer, songwriter and civil rights activist known for her song Feeling Good.