Black History
Across
- 2. The 15th amendment, the last of the Reconstruction Amendments, gave black men this right
- 4. First African American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor
- 5. Inventor; held more patents than any other African American inventor (as of 1909); his patents coined the phrase "The Real ________"
- 8. From Richmond, IND; first white couple in Indiana to adopt a black child; set up a community in Guyana that ended up in a massacre (two words)
- 9. "Hattie _________"; first African American performer to receive an Academy Award; first African-American to attend the ceremony as a guest and not a servant (1940)
- 12. Garrett Morgan, who also invented the 3-position traffic light, shocked people when he wore this invention and saved people in a burning building (two words)
- 13. _____ soldier; what soldiers were called in an all-black regiment
- 14. In 2003, the Supreme Court decided Virginia v. Black that this activity was protected free speech
- 17. "_____ _____ Protests"; a passive protest in which the protesters had their heads covered in ketchup and soda
- 20. real name of Madame CJ Walker of Indianapolis
- 21. The last state to repeal laws against interracial marriage (2000)
- 23. Tommie Smith and John Carlos lost their medals in this sporting event when they raised their fists in a "black power salute" (1968)
- 25. First non-white elected to Congress in 1870 (first/last name)
- 26. "____ v. Board of Education", the Supreme Court case that determined "separate but equal" was not constitutional (1954)
- 27. First African American appointed to the Supreme Court
- 28. Known as "The Black Harvard"; founded by Booker T. Washington
- 29. Guiness Book of Records cites Madame CJ Walker as being the first woman, white or black, to achieve becoming one of these under her own achievement
- 33. "___ ___ v. Sandford"; the Supreme Court case that ruled blacks were not and could not be citizens of the U.S.
- 34. Known as the "Master Conductor" on the Underground Railroad, his home was in Fountain City, IND. (two words)
- 35. "____v. Ferguson", the Supreme Court case that ruled "separate but equal" was constitutional (1896)
- 36. This crop was known as "white gold" in the South.
- 39. A recording studio in Richmond, IND; one of the few studios that allows black musicians to record; also recorded records for the KKK
- 40. Arrested in London by Scotland Yard, he pleaded guilty to killing Martin Luther King Jr.
- 41. Bessie Coleman became the first African American woman to receive this type of license
Down
- 1. The number of little girls killed when a KKK bomb exploded in a Birmingham church
- 3. First President to appoint an African American to the Supreme Court
- 4. First major-party black candidate for President (1972); first African American woman elected to Congress (1968)
- 6. The Voting Rights Act eliminated this type of test for voters
- 7. First black female to refuse to give up her seat on the bus
- 8. First aired in 1975, it was the first TV show to show a successful black family
- 10. Col. Guion Bluford becomes the first African American astronaut on this space shuttle in 1983
- 11. Sen. Strom Thurmond set a 24-hour, 18-minute record with one of these to voice his opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957
- 15. First black player in major league baseball
- 16. The all-black basketball team formed when professional basketball teams did not permit black players
- 18. An NAACP investigator and a seasoned anti-rape crusader who specialized in investigating assaults on black women. (two words)
- 19. The first national monument to an African American AND the first national monument for someone NOT a president was dedicated to this person (first name/middle initial)
- 22. (first/last name); designer of Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress; known as "The best known unknown"
- 24. This university accepted James Meredith as a student until they found out he was black.
- 30. The TV show that had the first scripted interracial kiss
- 31. James W. Smith was the first African American admitted to this military establishment in 1870
- 32. "Freedom's __________", the first black-owned and operated newspaper in the U.S. (1827)
- 37. Emmett Ashford was the first to hold this sports position (1952)
- 38. W.E.B. DuBois was the first African American to graduate from this university