Black History Month Pentathlon

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Across
  1. 3. Founder of Negro History Week, precursor to Black Histoy Month
  2. 7. First African-American U.S. president
  3. 8. Former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin ______
  4. 11. Civil rights heroine Park
  5. 12. Wrote the novel “Black Boy”
  6. 13. Sing of #1 hit “Saving All My Love for You”
  7. 14. First male African-American Grammy winner
  8. 16. First African-American woman to run for president
  9. 17. First African-American man to win Oscar for best actor
  10. 19. “Beloved” novelist
  11. 20. Month Black history is observed
  12. 23. Amendment gave Black males the right to vote
  13. 24. Muslim leader and civil rights activist
Down
  1. 1. Known for thoughts on intersectionality
  2. 2. “Still I Rise”
  3. 4. ______ Renaissance (period of black literary renewal)
  4. 5. First African-American U.S. Supreme Court justice
  5. 6. National anthem kneel NFL
  6. 9. Famous jazz trumpeter of the 20th century; nicknamed “Satchmo”
  7. 10. Peanut butter creator
  8. 15. “The Color Purple” author
  9. 18. Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to this, in 1968
  10. 21. First African-American MLB player
  11. 22. Known as the “​​Queen of Scat”