Black History Month Famous Figures

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Across
  1. 7. Scientist who discovered hundreds of uses for peanuts and agricultural products.
  2. 8. Abolitionist leader and author who escaped slavery.
  3. 11. Iconic heavyweight boxer and civil rights activist.
  4. 13. First black general in the U.S. Army.
  5. 16. First licensed black pilot.
  6. 17. Civil rights leader and long-serving U.S. Congressman.
  7. 19. Broke the baseball color barrier in 1947.
  8. 20. Known for refusing to give up her seat, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  9. 21. Educator and founder of Tuskegee University
  10. 22. Pioneer who refused to move to the back of a bus months before Rosa Parks.
Down
  1. 1. Civil rights leader who advocated for nonviolent protest and delivered the "I Have a Dream" speech.
  2. 2. Six year old girl who through attending school helped desegregation.
  3. 3. First female self-made millionaire in America.
  4. 4. The first Black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
  5. 5. First African American who orbited space.
  6. 6. Inventor of the three-light traffic signal.
  7. 9. Journalist and anti-lynching activist.
  8. 10. NASA mathematician whose calculations were critical to1960s space missions.
  9. 12. Abolitionist who led enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
  10. 14. Famous Track and Field athlete who won medals in Berlin Olympics.
  11. 15. The first African American President of the United States.
  12. 18. Renowned jazz singer and first Black woman to win a Grammy.