Honoring Black Excellence

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Across
  1. 3. — Same inventor; strong crossword word
  2. 5. — Lonnie Johnson (Super Soaker inventor)
  3. 6. — James West (microphone technology)
  4. 8. — “The real McCoy” inventor
  5. 9. — Sarah Boone (ironing board improvement)
  6. 11. — Norbert Rillieux (sugar refining process)
  7. 12. — Same inventor; useful crossing word
  8. 13. — Garrett Morgan (traffic signal, gas mask)
  9. 15. — George Washington Carver (agricultural inventions)
Down
  1. 1. — William Purvis (fountain pen advancement)
  2. 2. — Charles Drew (blood banking pioneer)
  3. 4. — Lewis Latimer (light bulb filament improvements)
  4. 5. — Also crosses well
  5. 7. — Philip Downing (mailbox invention)
  6. 10. track star Jesse OWENS
  7. 14. — Elijah McCoy (lubrication system)