Black History's Little Known Heroes

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Across
  1. 3. wrote a song for Elvis Presley
  2. 5. first to not give up her seat on the bus
  3. 8. first licensed Black pilot
  4. 9. great contralto singer
  5. 11. first Black author to win Pulitzer Prize
  6. 12. boasts a 5 octave vocal range
  7. 13. West African poet
  8. 16. first African American to have her own TV show
  9. 17. set world record long jump in 1936 Olympics
  10. 18. at age six, defied school segregation
  11. 20. First Black female doctor
  12. 21. first Black women elected to Congress
Down
  1. 1. first African-American to orbit in space
  2. 2. 1948 Olympic high-jumper
  3. 4. first Black woman film producer
  4. 6. had cancer cells were taken from her body
  5. 7. first African American on staff at LIFE magazine
  6. 9. founded the Chicago Defender newspaper
  7. 10. subject of 2014 film, Selma
  8. 14. acclaimed dancer and choreographer
  9. 15. led all Black unit in Spanish-American war
  10. 18. key organizer for Dr. King
  11. 19. godmother of the women's movement