Across
- 2. an abolitionist, journalist, editor, political commentator, social critic, spiritual leader, and source of hope for the community of disenfranchised Americans of the nineteenth century
- 6. a famed “Charleston” dancer who aligned with the civil rights movement and refused to perform in segregated venues
- 8. works include 'Beloved,' 'Song of Solomon,' and 'The Bluest Eye,'
- 9. became the first African American to sit on any legislative body in what would become the United States
- 10. the first black deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi River
- 12. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
Down
- 1. a hymn written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson in 1900
- 3. Scientist who improved sunspot cycle predictions.
- 4. the first African-American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
- 5. Former astronaut and NASA education chief
- 7. Known as the “Moses of her people” and famous conductor of the Underground Railroad
- 11. Former NBA player who is known to many as the greatest point guard of all time