Black History Month

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Across
  1. 3. The name of the institute that was founded by Booker T.Washington in 1881?
  2. 5. Martin L. King was honored as this magazine's "Man of the Year", making him the first African American recipient of this honor.
  3. 8. The department store seamstress that was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger?
  4. 9. Author of the famous "I have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963
  5. 10. The father of Black History Month.
  6. 12. This state has the most Black institutions of higher learning.
  7. 13. What was Muhammad Ali's original name?
  8. 14. This was the first US state to abolish slavery.
Down
  1. 1. The name of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s father's church?
  2. 2. The name of the first hip-hop group to break into the mainstream American culture in the early 1980s?
  3. 4. Boasting twelve number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, this female singing group was the most successful American vocal group of all time?
  4. 6. The author of the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
  5. 7. Four African American college students staged a sit-in in 1960 at this store's lunch counter.
  6. 11. This anti-slavery newspaper was founded by Frederick Douglass?