Across
- 6. The first female publishing director of British Vogue
- 9. Crimean War nurse, awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit in 1990
- 11. Founder of the MOBO awards
- 13. Leading feminist, black nationalist, and squatters' rights campaigner
- 14. The first black woman elected to parliament
Down
- 1. Founder of the West Indian Gazette
- 2. Key activist in the Montgomery bus boycott
- 3. Founder and principal bassist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and professor at the Royal Academy of Music
- 4. Britain's youngest and first black female publisher, co-founder of Allison and Busby
- 5. The first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress
- 7. Gold medallist boxer with an undefeated record
- 8. The first black female orthopaedic surgeon in Britain
- 10. Environmental and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement
- 12. The first black singer to feature on BBC radio