Black History Month

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Across
  1. 7. The first Black player to captain England's national football team in 1997. (4/4)
  2. 8. This character was portrayed by Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek, The Original Series, then later played by Zoe Saldana and Celia Rose Gooding in other projects. (5)
  3. 11. The first black president of America. (6/5)
  4. 12. In 2014 this Award-winning artist and filmmaker won the Best Picture Oscar for 12 Years a Slave. (5/7)
  5. 13. The first black woman in space. (3/7)
  6. 14. Originally from Trinidad, this person became the ITN’s first black journalist in 1973 and was knighted in 1999 for his services to journalism. (6/8)
  7. 15. Shirley Bassey recorded three theme songs for this film series. (5/4)
Down
  1. 1. Viv Anderson was the first black person to play for England in this sport. (8)
  2. 2. Best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott and was called "the first lady of civil rights". (4/5)
  3. 3. The UK's first black female MP. (5/6)
  4. 4. This actor played Uncle Phil alongside Will Smith in The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. (5/5)
  5. 5. Mary Seacole died in London in 1881 after saving many British soldiers during this war in 1855. (7)
  6. 6. Chadwick Boseman played T’Challa better known as this superhero. (5/7)
  7. 9. Muhammad Ali's birth name. (7/4)
  8. 10. Martin Luther King Jr had "a _____" in his iconic speech. (5)