Black History Month 2024

4. Famous graffiti artist/painter who passed away far too soon.
6. won best supporting actress in 1939 for Gone With the Wind
7. an actress, comedian etc who earned an EGOT.
10. a singer who earned an EGOT before he turned 40.
11. - sang the first version of Hound Dog (1952)
13. won Best Supporting Actress Oscar for the play mentioned in question 1
14. The Mother of the blues
16. First male actor to win an Oscar for Lilies of the Field in 1963.
17. Very Superstitious, writing's on the wall for this Grammy winner in 1974.
18. sang on the Lincoln Memorial steps with an assist from Eleanor Roosevelt in 1939
21. a musical genre and a culture was formed during the 1970s in the Bronx

1. Famous American playwright who wrote the play Fences
2. Presidential Portrait artist whose work is currently in the National Portrait Gallery.
3. became a popular form of dance music in the 1920s which gave rise to the Swing Era
5. published Maple Leaf Rag in 1899
8. first African-American to publish his composition Harlem Rag in 1897
9. turned actress who now has a daytime talk show and earned an EGOT.
12. a modern artist who painted a former FLOTUS.
15. won a grammy for this sedentary referencing song in 1969.
18. first black woman named a principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre
19. the first graduate of Howard University's art department
20. His trademark was a trumpet bent at a 45 degree angle.