Across
- 4. Choreographer,created 29 ballets who created a dance center named after himself
- 5. Slave who wrote and published a book of poems after she was taught to read and write by the family who enslaved her
- 11. A black rock artist who loved music from a very young age, sung in his church choir,and was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame
- 13. Gave back to his community through charity events and used his music to express his thoughts
- 14. Got famous after being on the T.V. show Purple and was a talk show host
- 15. first woman to be in the Minnesota office and helped get underpayed workers the money they deserved
Down
- 1. The first African American to not give up her seat on the bus (before Rosa Parks)
- 2. Pro boxer, civil rights activist, refused to fight in Vietnam War
- 3. The first black women in the supreme court
- 6. Famous hip-hop artist, actor, activist. He was also in law and order, his own reality T.V. show and He was even in the military
- 7. Left handed basket ball player who was in the NBA and helped organise the first player boycott
- 8. Went to an all white school even though it was very dangerous at only 6
- 9. The first black president in South Africa and was in jail for many years
- 10. Found his love of music as a teenager and wrote music
- 12. Song writer from the 60's to the 90's, played trumpet,he also became a producer and produced many classics like Michael Jackson's Thriller