Black History Month 2024

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Across
  1. 3. a proverb: “it takes a(n) _______ to raise a child.”
  2. 6. term meaning to succeed a struggle, which Revelation 11:12 reference this term with the blood of the Lamb and the word of their testimony
  3. 10. “I have a dream” spokesperson.
  4. 11. escaped slave to civil rights activist fighting for emancipation and black suffrage during the Civil War
  5. 14. Texas holiday commemorating the end of slavery after the Civil War
  6. 15. a popular hairstyle worn by African Americans in the 1960s and 1970s and combed with a pick.
  7. 18. Bridges the first African American child who attended an all-white school called William Frantz Elementary School
  8. 19. traditional music introduced by Thomas Dorsey, first blues and jazz, then with Scriptural reference that inspired old-fashioned hymns and modern-day praise & worship
  9. 20. color for royal and Alice Walker’s most famous novel
  10. 23. Parks full name of the lady refused to give up her seat
  11. 24. New York neighborhood where the Golden Age and Renaissance of African American began, such as music and arts.
  12. 26. Mark Phillips and Johnathan Newton are a part of entertainment group who host DreamCon and produce funny skits with anime.
  13. 28. YouTuber’s slogan: “What’s good y’all? Welcome back…!”
  14. 32. named meaning “exalted” in Arabic, an artist who described a man if he’s “that somebody.”
  15. 34. the last name of the first Black woman to win a Oscar
  16. 35. a unisex hairstyle twisting and braiding hair…you’re dreading the process if your mother and grandmother did this to your hair growing up.
Down
  1. 1. a Disney movie about a jazz musician
  2. 2. type of rapping using your mouth—Doug E. Fresh is famous for it.
  3. 4. Mufusa’s actor last and the Temptations’ song
  4. 5. the Black private detective starring Richard Roundtree: John _____
  5. 7. poet and novelist who discovered why the caged bird sings
  6. 8. Train a 1971 music show featuring African-American music with the host, Don Cornelius
  7. 9. last name of the first African American self-made millionaire and the author of the novel, Color Purple
  8. 12. an instrument used by Lester Young and Grover Washington Jr.
  9. 13. theme of 1 Corinthians 13
  10. 16. Shack Ernie Barnes’ 1976 masterpiece, which featured in Marvin Gaye’s album, I Want You and the end credits of the sitcom Good Times during the 1970s.
  11. 17. Lawson full name of the first African American gamer and engineer, designing the Fairchild Channel F.
  12. 21. The R in R&B stands for
  13. 22. last name of a gardener, scientist, and inventor, sometimes confused with the 1st US President because of his first and middle name
  14. 25. a noun meaning to evoke power over one’s own rights or to perform duties, especially for women, African Americans, and other minority groups.
  15. 27. author’s first name who played in Black Panther and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  16. 29. Africa’s holiday during Christmas
  17. 30. place where trains run, or an underground network Tubman used to free and escort slaves to freedom.
  18. 31. last name of a poet who wrote “A Dream Deferred.”
  19. 33. city where nonviolent activists walked on Edmund Pettus Bridge to protest and protect African Americans’ right to vote.