Black History Figures

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Across
  1. 1. First name of the architect that designed components of the National September 11 Memorial and World Trade Center Site.
  2. 5. Last name of a famous opera singer who sang at the White House and New York Metropolitan Opera.
  3. 9. She helped start the Civil Rights Movement.
  4. 12. Debbie Allen is an __________.
  5. 14. Patricia Bath invented a probe that allows doctors to remove this.
  6. 15. Last name of the inventor of the three-way stop sign.
  7. 16. George Crum invented this snack favorite.
  8. 17. Tyra Banks is a famous ____________.
  9. 18. Last name of the person who invented the wooden golf tee
  10. 19. Billie Holiday sang this kind of music.
  11. 22. One of the greatest women's heptathlon athletes of all time.
  12. 23. Valerie Thomas used these kinds of mirrors in her invention.
  13. 25. Last name of the first African American Supreme Court Justice.
  14. 26. The first licensed African-American female architect.
Down
  1. 2. Maya Angelou was this.
  2. 3. Bessie Griffin invented a way for amputee soldiers to _________ themselves.
  3. 4. Harriet Tubman was this on the underground railroad.
  4. 6. Composer of thousands of songs for the stage, screen, and contemporary songbook.
  5. 7. King of Calypso.
  6. 8. Langston Hughes was this.
  7. 10. Marjorie Joyner invented the Permanent ______ Machine.
  8. 11. Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play in the major league of this sport.
  9. 13. Lonny Johnson invented this.
  10. 20. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a leader of the Civil Rights ____________.
  11. 21. A famous dancer, he appeared in 14 Hollywood movies and musicals.
  12. 24. Lewis Latimer invented a carbon __________ for light bulbs.