Mr. Smith's Door

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Across
  1. 2. two-time heavyweight champion boxer and Olympic gold medalist, owner of company for electric cooking grills
  2. 4. 43rd President, son of 41st President, former owner of TX Rangers baseball team
  3. 7. billionaire owner of computer company, went to same high school as Mr. Smith
  4. 9. billionaire owner of Tesla and SpaceX, moved from California to Texas in 2020
  5. 13. Mexican American leader of Pecan Shellers strike in San Antonio in 1938
  6. 14. teammate of Kobe Bryant, 4x NBA champion, 3x NBA Finals MVP
  7. 16. 41st President, father of 43rd President
  8. 18. famous singer from Houston, won 24 Grammy awards, married to Jay-Z
  9. 21. graduate of South Oak Cliff High School, teammate of Michael Jordan
  10. 22. first Black woman to serve as TX senator, name of DISD elementary school
  11. 23. richest Black man in US, owner of Vista Equity company in Austin, TX
  12. 25. leader of D-Day invasion during World War II, 34th President of US
  13. 26. 36th President after assassination of JFK, signed Civil Rights Act to end segregation in 1964
Down
  1. 1. 2nd female to serve as TX Governor
  2. 3. one of world’s greatest guitar players, has statue in Kiest Park
  3. 5. original rock n roll star, killed in plane crash with Ritchie Valens in 1959
  4. 6. famous blues singer from Dallas – Deep Ellum
  5. 8. greatest defensive tackle in NFL, leader of “Steel Curtain” defense, played at UNT from 1966-1968
  6. 10. “Grandmother of Juneteenth” – retired teacher who convinced Congress to create new national holiday
  7. 11. first Black woman to earn pilot’s license
  8. 12. leader of TX Revolution, President of Republic of Texas, removed as Governor of TX for refusing to pledge loyalty to Confederacy
  9. 15. African American soldiers who protected the frontier
  10. 17. represented Dallas in US Congress from 1993-2003, first nurse elected to US Congress
  11. 19. civil rights leader and friend of MLK, part of Great Debaters team at Wiley College
  12. 20. “King of Ragtime” music, wrote song Entertainer played by ice cream trucks today
  13. 21. earned Medal of Honor for bravery during Pearl Harbor attack
  14. 24. “Queen of Tejano Music” – murdered by her employee in 1995