Across
- 4. Kwanzaa principle
- 6. Basketball analyst
- 7. Religious leader
- 10. Motown diva Ross
- 12. Actress Ruby
- 15. Singer and activist Simone
- 17. Soul singer Aretha
- 20. Actress, producer Pinkett
- 22. Wrote "Beloved"
- 23. Jazz pianist Herbie
- 27. Broke baseball color line
- 28. Television mogul
- 29. Rapper and producer
- 30. Essence of dreams
Down
- 1. Crime novelist Walter
- 2. Jazz great Fitzgerald
- 3. Civil rights activist
- 5. "The Greatest" boxer
- 8. First Black female astronaut
- 9. Oscar-winning singer
- 11. Influential makeup artist
- 13. Activist and poet
- 14. Actor in "Men in Black"
- 16. South African activist
- 18. Actress Freeman
- 19. "Hidden Figures" actress
- 21. Actor in "The Fresh Prince"
- 24. Last name of Beyonce
- 25. Author of "Native Son"
- 26. Harlem Renaissance writer