Notable People in Black History

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Across
  1. 2. "Don't follow the page. Go where there is no path and start a trail."
  2. 3. First woman to win 3 gold medals in the Olympic Games
  3. 6. One of the greatest tennis players of all time and a fashion designer
  4. 7. Lived in Michigan most of her life and escaped slavery
  5. 9. Child of two immigrants and loves Jazz music, first black Vice President
  6. 10. He was quoted as saying, "Everybody has talent, but ability takes hard work."
  7. 11. Conductor of the Underground Railroad and was once on the $20 bill
  8. 12. A pioneering leader of the Tuskegee Airmen
  9. 16. Worked as a mathematician at NASA for early space flights
  10. 17. Activist for equal rights' did not give up her bus seat to a white person
  11. 19. Dirden First black Disney Princess, youngest to win Disney Legend Award
Down
  1. 1. Memorized the US Constiution as a punishment for being a trouble maker
  2. 4. Has sold over 500 million records, Thriller is his best selling of all time
  3. 5. Famous basketball player for the LA Lakers, scored 81 points in one game
  4. 6. Voice for black education, founded the Tuskegee Institute
  5. 8. Activist and Poet, First National Youth Poet Laureate 2017
  6. 13. Famous for making paintings of people
  7. 14. Learned French in order to earn her pilot's license in France
  8. 15. First black woman to be elected to Congress and first to run for President
  9. 18. First African American in space, started college at 16 years old