Black History Month

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Across
  1. 3. Won a Presidential Medal of Freedom and is in the NBA Hall of Fame
  2. 5. First African American to be President
  3. 6. Freed slaves in the underground railroad
  4. 8. One of the best baseball players and helped end segregation
  5. 10. Wrote books and speeches about Civil Rights
  6. 12. Author who helped fight segregation in Mississippi
  7. 13. First African American to be a manager of NASA
  8. 15. protested against segregation and fought in World War II
  9. 16. Author and scientist
  10. 17. Has some of the most home runs ever and spoke out against racism in the MLB
Down
  1. 1. Track star and helped black women with pregnancies
  2. 2. First African American professional football player
  3. 4. Helped stand up for women and Civil Rights
  4. 7. One of the best boxers ever
  5. 9. Won 27 Grand titles
  6. 11. Singer and rapper first to win 8 Grammys
  7. 14. First African American Millionaire