Niara Sudarkasa: Madam President

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Across
  1. 2. The state where I was born
  2. 5. This high school that I attended was the only one in my home town to educate Black children
  3. 9. This magazine named me "Educator of the 1990s"
  4. 11. I was the first Black woman to earn tenure at this university
  5. 12. My maternal grandparents emigrated to the United States from this Caribbean country
  6. 13. One of the Bachelor of Arts degrees I earned from Oberlin College (the other was anthropology)
  7. 14. My first journey to Africa by ship started here
  8. 15. I was the first African American woman to teach at this university
  9. 16. The number of honorary degrees I was awarded in my career
Down
  1. 1. I earned a Ph.D. in this West African language
  2. 3. I spent 6 months studying Yoruba language and culture here
  3. 4. My son who is an attorney and economic development specialist
  4. 6. This Nigerian kingdom made me a chief in 2001
  5. 7. I was the first woman president at this historically Black college
  6. 8. I started college at this college in Nashville, Tennessee at 14 years old
  7. 10. One of the West African countries where Yoruba is spoken