rosa parks

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Across
  1. 3. rose to fame in 1969 after the publication of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” one of her autobiographies detailing her early years as a young Black woman.
  2. 4. officially became a pilot, making her the first Black woman to do so.
  3. 5. establish her own practice as a doctor
  4. 7. became a household name after becoming the first Black woman to be elected to the United States Congress in 1968
  5. 8. the first Black woman to serve in the military after helping the Union Army during the Civil War.
  6. 10. She was one of the founders of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), and led a powerful anti-lynching crusade in the U.S. in the 1890s.
Down
  1. 1. become the first Black woman billionaire in the U.S. One of the most recognizable names in the world
  2. 2. she was lauded as one of the country's most popular performers. During World War II,
  3. 6. becoming the first African American enslaved woman to win a freedom suit in the state.
  4. 9. the african-american woman who famously refused to give up her seat on the bus