Across
- 5. american lawyer and who served as assosciate justice of the supreme court of the United States from October 1967 until October 1991
- 6. wrote "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings"
- 8. first african american president
- 12. First african american woman who went to space aboard the shuttle Endeavour
- 13. first licensed black pilot
- 15. led an anti-lynching crusade in the US in 1890s and fought for womens suffrage
- 16. Helped almost 70 enslaved people through the underground railroad
Down
- 1. tennis player from compton who is currently the No.1 player
- 2. Professional boxer, activist, poet, philanthropist nicknamed the Greatest
- 3. Minister and activist who gave "I have a dream" speech
- 4. First black student to attend a previously all white school
- 7. "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."
- 9. american talk show host and philanthropist
- 10. had a pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
- 11. One of the first african americans to merge blues with gospel aka soul music
- 14. founder of the niagara movement, founder of the national association for the advancement of colored people to enforce the 14 & 15th amendments