black history month crossword
Across
- 3. Wrote a poem for George Washington
- 4. Made the Chicago detender news paper
- 7. Saved many people from the underground railroads of slavery
- 8. First African American football player
- 11. One of the greatest basketball players of all time and helped make basketball a popular sport
- 14. X Turned his jail cell into a library and educated himself
- 15. Helped activists speak out for their rights
- 18. Founded N.A.A.C.P
- 19. Won 11 Olympic medals
- 20. jr. Graduated high school at the age of 15 and spoke one of the most famous speeches known today
Down
- 1. Calculated the path for Apollo 11
- 2. Was a scientist who loved cooking and helped black people be able to work in the lab
- 5. Jordan First black women senator from Texas
- 6. Rock nine first African American students to integrate and join an all whites school
- 9. Broke the major league baseball barrier in 1947
- 10. An activist and film maker
- 12. First African American platoon to fly plains
- 13. Was a blind man who had a hit single when he was only 13 and wrote happy birthday for MLK
- 16. Made the cure for baby blue syndrome
- 17. Invented the gass mask and the 1st 3 way traffic light