Across
- 3. first AA to play in MLB & he established a bank
- 5. great baseball player, many homeruns, the hammer
- 8. enslaved poet that wrote to G. Washington
- 11. famous author during the Harlem Renaissance
- 15. activist that wanted desegregation
- 16. aviator known for her flying tricks
- 18. 1st supreme court justice, brown v board lawyer
- 19. first lady that advocated for healthy eating
- 20. founder of the NAACP and civil rights activist
- 21. first AA vice president
- 22. invented hair straightening comb & traffic light
Down
- 1. boxer that wanted equality for all
- 2. abolitionist & author that escaped from slavery
- 4. helped survey the land to create Washington DC
- 6. researched the field of blood transfusion
- 7. American born french dancer and spy
- 9. famous poet during Harlem Renaissance,
- 10. born in NN, broadway performer, had a tv show
- 12. first AA to reach the north pole
- 13. first black woman to travel to space
- 14. born in NN, olympic gymnastic star
- 17. first AA to run for president,
- 23. first AA president