Black History Month

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Across
  1. 3. Widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time
  2. 9. Created and performed the Madea character
  3. 11. A music genre created by former slaves after the Civil War
  4. 13. A trumpet player nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops"
  5. 15. An american astrophysicist who studied at Harvard University
  6. 18. A woman known as "the first lady of civil rights"
  7. 19. A movement that began in July 2013
  8. 21. An american singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
  9. 23. Quote: "never be limited by other people's limited imaginations."
  10. 24. A dance style that originated from African folk dances
  11. 29. The 49th vice president of the United States
  12. 30. The quality of being fair and impartial.
  13. 31. A form of helping each other
Down
  1. 1. The state of being equal
  2. 2. A prominent activist who was a former slave
  3. 4. The state of being free from outside controlb
  4. 5. I have a _____
  5. 6. Black History Month
  6. 7. The best selling artist in the US for 2009
  7. 8. Quote: "A winner is a dreamer who never gives up."
  8. 10. A professional tennis player
  9. 12. A mathematician who calculated critical calculations of orbital mechanics
  10. 14. Also known as "The Fresh Prince"
  11. 16. An american poet, writer, and professor.
  12. 17. An american poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist.
  13. 20. A peaceful protester who countered prejudice in the United States
  14. 22. The first black woman to work for NASA
  15. 25. Frequent use of your imagination in an artistic way
  16. 26. The first African-American US president.
  17. 27. The first black woman to win gold in olympic swimming.
  18. 28. An american contemporary painter and silhouettist