Black History Month

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Across
  1. 3. the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, as well as the first African American to be nominated for producing, writing and directing in the same year for his movie 'Get Out'
  2. 5. denounced his birthname "Cassius Clay Jr." as a slave name when he converted to Islam in 1964. "The Greatest" boxer
  3. 7. "The Baddest Man on the Planet"; considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time
  4. 11. holds the Guinness World Record as the most awarded female artist of all time
  5. 12. A former slave, engineer, author, and American soldier; in 1877, became the first African-American to graduate from West Point
  6. 13. modern female bassist, singer, songwriter, and composer who has won 5 Grammy's
  7. 14. first African American to enter the EGOT ranks
Down
  1. 1. She escaped slavery and successfully completed 13 missions leading 70+ slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad
  2. 2. first African American woman to win 3 Gold Medals in Track&Field in a single Olympics
  3. 4. refused to give up her seat to a white woman and was arrested for violating segregation laws. Did this BEFORE Rosa Parks
  4. 6. an American pianist who is considered one of the most important jazz composers; known for his song "Round Midnight"
  5. 8. all Black pilot group whose successes overseas during World War II led to Executive Order 9981
  6. 9. American pop culture group that was popular in the 1930s-40s; Sung "I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire" which was featured in the Fallout Game franchise
  7. 10. Escaped slavery in Maryland and became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York; famous for his antislavery writings and speeches