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