7th grade Black History Month

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Across
  1. 2. Americas first black American, South Asian, and female vice president
  2. 6. African American inventor, he invented the automatic door and a hair cleaning product. He made it so people were safe when using elevators
  3. 7. First African American in the NHL
  4. 10. The first African American to win a nobel peace prize
  5. 12. One of the first black video game inventors
  6. 13. She sparked the Montgomery bus boycott and was known as the mother of the civil rights movement
  7. 14. A civil rights activist that organized the March on Washington to stop segregation
  8. 17. He was a pre-medical student
  9. 19. She won 4 Olympic gold medals, and won a lot more medals. Greatest tennis player ever
  10. 20. The first African American woman to win three gold medals in the track and field olympics
Down
  1. 1. The woman who saved many people from the underground railroad
  2. 3. She became famous for inventing a probe to help blind people
  3. 4. The first African American mechanic
  4. 5. first black women to make 1 million dollars
  5. 8. a black American rights activist
  6. 9. one of the big reasons why African American art is in museums today
  7. 11. He had a huge impact on African American dance. He founded Alvin Ailey American dance theater
  8. 15. She made a campaign called let's move for health and nutrition purposes
  9. 16. A major activist having to do with civil rights. A huge inspiration to people around the world
  10. 18. The most decorated gymnast of all time. She made an amazing comeback to the Olympics and has paved the way for gymnasts of color