Black History Month

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  1. 4. was the first licensed black pilot.
  2. 6. famous for his speech "I Have a Dream"
  3. 7. she was the first black author to win the Pulitzer Prize.
  4. 8. She was the first black female judge in the US.
  5. 9. she was nominated for an Emmy in 1962, and she was the first African American to star in her own TV show.
  6. 12. she was a leader for YWCA and a president for NCNW.
  7. 14. she was the first African American woman to win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Down
  1. 1. a Black trans woman and activist, was at the forefront of fighting for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and 70s
  2. 2. She was just 6 years old when she became the first African American student to attend William Frantz Elementary
  3. 3. He was the first Black writer and director of a studio film, Shaft.
  4. 5. founded the Chicago Defender weekly newspaper.
  5. 10. in 1955, became the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera. Also considered one of the greatest contralto singers in the world.
  6. 11. was the first black woman to be elected to Congress.
  7. 13. was a Track athlete who set a world record in the 1936 Olympic Games.