Black History month
Across
- 3. Armstrong One of the most influential figures in the history of jazz music
- 4. Bridges She was the first African-American child to desegregate the all-white school
- 7. Owen Track and field Olympic gold medalist
- 8. Booker T. was a civil rights leader who opened the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
- 9. Banneker Scientist and astronomer from the 1700s who wrote a popular almanac
- 10. Douglass Former slave who became an advisor to presidents
- 12. Jordan Considered the greatest basketball player in history
- 15. Barack Obama First African-American president of the United States
- 16. Baker Dancer and singer who fought for racial integration in 1925
- 17. Chisholm Was The first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress
- 18. Tubman, She was a spy and helped slaves escape
- 20. George Washington a scientist who helped farmers in the south and discovered many ways to use the peanut
Down
- 1. A journalist and civil rights activist, Ida B. led a campaign against lynching
- 2. Colvin She gave up her seat on a bus before Parks and is an American pioneer of the 1950s Civil Rights Movement
- 5. Winfrey Became one of the most successful businesswomen in the world through her TV show
- 6. Ali Championship boxer and civil rights activist
- 11. Jackie was the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball
- 13. King, Jr. “ I have a dream “ speech by Martin
- 14. Savage was an artist during the Harlem Renaissance who made lots of different sculpures
- 19. Smalls Civil War hero who later became a Congressman