St. Philip's Episcopal Church Celebrates Black History Month Puzzle #1

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Across
  1. 1. Flying mammal
  2. 4. Served as chairman of AOL Time Warner, Citigroup & CEO of the NBA's LA Clippers in 2014.
  3. 7. She is the 1st African American woman to orbit the earth in 1992.
  4. 8. The First African American president of the Ford Foundation.
  5. 10. The first enslaved African to arrive in Florida 1500-1539.
  6. 11. Large marsupial
  7. 12. In 1799 he became the 1st African American ordained in the ministry of the M E Church.
  8. 15. She co founded the National Asso. of Colored Women.
  9. 16. In 1954 he became the first state field secretary of the NAACP.
  10. 17. An armed scout & spy for the US Army during the American Civil War.
  11. 19. In 1926 he initiated the celebration of Negro History Week.
Down
  1. 2. "Conductor" Traveled 19 times to escort 300 slaves to freedom.
  2. 3. The 1st African American to reach the North Pole.
  3. 4. He was the founder of the city of Chicago. Born 1745 in Haiti
  4. 5. Jim was an Afr American who played a major role in settling the American West.
  5. 6. In 1922 during a time of gender and racial discrimination she became the 1st Afri Amer with a pilots license.
  6. 9. Likes to chase mice
  7. 13. Voting Rights Activist. She ran for Congress in 1964 & 1965.
  8. 14. Has a trunk
  9. 18. Man's best friend