Black History Month

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Across
  1. 1. an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  2. 7. American politician, educator, and author.
  3. 8. American physician, nurse and author.
  4. 10. the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in economics in the United States.
  5. 11. an American abolitionist and women's rights activist.
  6. 13. civil rights and human rights activist.
  7. 14. American pioneer of the 1950s civil rights movement and retired nurse aide.
Down
  1. 2. American author who was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry.
  2. 3. an American educator, philanthropist, humanitarian, womanist, and civil rights activist.
  3. 4. an African-American abolitionist and wealthy businessman in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  4. 5. the first African-American woman to graduate from Yale Law School, earning her J.D. in 1931.
  5. 6. American professional cyclist.
  6. 9. one of the foremost Black intellectuals of his era.
  7. 12. African American civil rights and women's rights activist, and book writer.