Black History Month
Across
- 1. inventor of the AC starter generator and two cycle engine
- 5. the king of pop
- 9. inventor of the helicopter
- 10. scored 100 points in a single NBA game
- 11. the first African American woman to have her screen play produced into a film
- 13. the goat of basketball
- 16. founded one of the first African American schools in Tuskegee, AL
- 17. invented the elevator
- 20. invented the traffic light and the gas mask
- 21. the first African American justice
- 23. eleven rings
- 24. wrote the famous speech "i have a dream"
- 26. invented the refrigerator
- 27. known as the "Moses of her people" she led over 300 slaves to freedom
- 29. invented the Mop
- 31. refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man
- 32. invented home security system
Down
- 2. first African American in Baseball
- 3. aka Shabazz
- 4. the greatest boxer of all time
- 6. invented the lawnmower
- 7. inventor of the telephone transmitter and system
- 8. invented the first clock in America, and contributed largely to the design of Washington D.C.
- 12. first African American president
- 14. an African American woman's activist who wrote the famous speech ain't i a woman
- 15. created 300 products with peanuts
- 18. the first African American Woman poet
- 19. a famous abolitionist who wrote many books describing his life through slavery
- 22. the first African American in space
- 25. first African American in the NBA
- 28. second African American is Baseball
- 30. first African American to win the Grand Slam title