Black History Month Crossword Puzzle pt 1 (10 pts)

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Across
  1. 2. invented the straightening comb for hair
  2. 4. American Baptist minister and civil rights activist, a key leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 to 1968.
  3. 6. Keeping people separated based on their skin color.
  4. 7. First African American woman in Congress and the first African American to seek the nomination for president of the USA
  5. 8. expounded on Benjamin Franklin's discovery of electricity and created the electric light bulb
  6. 10. Created the almanac
  7. 12. Sounds that are produced either by singing voices or by musical instruments.
  8. 13. the capacity to be regarded as equals despite any differences
  9. 15. invented the lock
  10. 16. to judge a person based on observation instead of the content of a person's character
Down
  1. 1. An American Muslim minister and human rights activist, he was a prominent figure in the civil rights movement.
  2. 3. created the traffic light and the Gas Mask
  3. 5. invented the air conditioning unit
  4. 9. an American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur who invented the Super Soaker
  5. 10. First African American President of the United States
  6. 11. The ability to fit in regardless of predetermined qualities.
  7. 14. The beliefs, customs, and arts of a specific group of people.