Across
- 2. Educator who believed reading and citizenship education were essential tools for freedom
- 3. Medical scientist who revolutionized blood banking and emergency medicine
- 5. Mechanical engineer whose inventions made trains run more smoothly and inspired a phrase meaning authenticity
- 7. Independent filmmaker who challenged stereotypes by telling complex Black stories on screen
- 8. First Black woman in the United States to earn a bachelor’s degree
- 9. Abolitionist whose novel revealed the realities of slavery to a broad readership
- 11. Physician who wrote one of the earliest medical texts by a Black author
- 12. NAACP leader who secretly investigated racial violence and lynchings
- 13. Teen activist whose refusal on public transit became part of a landmark court case
- 16. Civil rights lawyer whose legal strategy dismantled segregation from the courtroom outward
- 17. Inventor whose traffic signal and safety hood improved public safety nationwide
Down
- 1. Entrepreneur who built a beauty empire and funded schools, orphanages, and community programs
- 3. Poet of the Harlem Renaissance known for capturing ordinary Black life with emotional honesty
- 4. Sculptor who broke international art barriers as a Black and Native American woman
- 6. Folk artist who began painting later in life, preserving rural Southern Black history
- 9. Inventor whose early home security system used cameras and two-way communication
- 10. Mathematician whose calculations helped define Earth’s shape for satellite navigation
- 14. Inventor whose work helped bring electric light into American homes
- 15. Yale-trained physicist who devoted his career to teaching when research paths were blocked