Across
- 2. 1st Black woman elected to congress; ran for President in 1972
- 3. Civil War hero, pilot aboard the Planter, elected to the House of Representatives
- 5. folk artist known for her storytelling quilts
- 7. teenager who refused to give up her seat on a bus 9 months before Rosa Parks
- 8. Civil Rights activist that served in the House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th district
Down
- 1. started celebration of Black history in February, which became Black History Month
- 4. first African American and Indigenous woman to earn a pilot's license
- 6. journalist and activist; fought for a woman's right to vote