Black History Month Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Truth, was best known for her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech, where she called out issues of gender and racial inequalities.
  2. 5. CJ Walker, invented a line of African American hair care products.
  3. 7. McDaniel, the first African American performer to win an Academy Award
  4. 10. Johnson, the first African American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908.
  5. 11. Harris, First Black Vice President
  6. 13. Rhodes Revels, the first African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
  7. 14. Bonds, signed the highest single-year contract in MLB history for $4.7 million with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  8. 17. Washington Carver, developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics.
  9. 18. Marshall, the first African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  10. 19. Raven Wilkinson, was the first Black woman to receive a contract to dance full time with a major ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo of New York City at the age of 20.
  11. 20. Swett Rock, the first African American admitted to the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Down
  1. 1. Parks, is known for her courageous act of not giving up her seat on a bus to a white passenger in 1955.
  2. 3. Johnson, Sold BET and became the first black billionaire
  3. 4. L Cralle, invented the ice-cream scoop (U.S. patent No. 576395), although he never profited from it.
  4. 6. Obama, First Black President
  5. 8. B Wells, In 1990 The U.S. Postal Service celebrates ____ as part of the Black Heritage series.
  6. 9. G Woodson, created the celebration of Black History Month which began as “Negro History Week,”
  7. 10. Robinson, the first African American to play Major League Baseball
  8. 12. Tubman, In 1978 The first stamp of the U.S. Postal Service’s Black Heritage series honors _____ famed abolitionist and “conductor” of the Underground Railroad.
  9. 15. Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to the House of Representatives
  10. 16. Mercer Langston, was the first Black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854.
  11. 17. Fuhr, The five-time Stanley Cup champion was the first black NHL player to receive the honor of MVP.