African American History Month

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Across
  1. 2. Mary Eliza Mahoney became the first African American professionally trained _____in 1879.
  2. 5. _______Marshall became the first African American Supreme Court Justice in 1967
  3. 6. Billie ____ known as "Lady Day", was one of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th century
  4. 8. Alexander Miles developed this automation..."Going Up? What Floor?"
  5. 10. Oscar e. Brown invented these "kicks" for thorough breds like "Essential Quality", "Knicks Go" and "Hot Rod Charlie"
  6. 11. Jackie Robinson was the African American baseball player to play in the ____
  7. 13. First Fortune 500 Company to be run by a Black Woman
  8. 14. This president met Frederick Douglass with the words, "Here comes my friend Douglass" at a reception in the White House.
  9. 15. "I never ran my train off the track and never lost a passenger"
  10. 17. JF Pickering designed of this floating airship
Down
  1. 1. this famous boxer ____ Lenoard grew up in Prince George's County and he earned a Golden Gloves championship before he was in highschool.
  2. 3. the first African-American be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950.
  3. 4. First female self-made millionaire, Madam ______
  4. 7. Augustus Jackson is credited for this cold and creamy treat we ALL scream for
  5. 9. Garrett Morgan invented the Three-Light _____
  6. 10. Madame C.J. Walker became America's first self-made female millionaire in 1910 for by creating a successful business selling ________products.
  7. 12. the first African American to serve as the United States Secretary of State
  8. 16. Home Run King