BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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Across
  1. 4. Civil right activist who would give up her seat on the back of a bus for a white person
  2. 6. Fist African american women to be elected into congress
  3. 7. awarded the medal of freedom the highest civilian honor
  4. 9. Won 3 grammy awards for her spoken-word albums
  5. 11. Became the first African American women in the world to win an Olympic Gold Metal
  6. 13. Slave abolitionist and writer
  7. 14. "Greatest of all time" boxing champion
Down
  1. 1. First black women to win the Pulitzer Prize
  2. 2. First Black women to attend Yale law school
  3. 3. Awarded the George Polk reward
  4. 5. Broke the "color line" First black american to play in MLB
  5. 6. Fist black american to become a licensed pilot
  6. 8. Freed slaves using the underground rail road
  7. 10. "I have a dream"
  8. 12. First black president