Black History Month

5. first black Supreme Court justice; Thurgood _____
8. she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association for 319 weeks.
11. Jesse Owens won this many gold medals a the 1936 Olympics
12. first African-American woman to serve as a justice of the United States Supreme Court (last name)
13. jackie robinson was the first black baseball player; he played for this team
15. Malcolm X was a spokesman for the Nation of _____
16. first African-American woman and first Native American to hold a pilot license; Bessie ______
17. Medgar Evers was an American civil rights activist and the NAACP's first field secretary in __________ (U.S. state)

1. wrote "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
2. an American girl group and a premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.
3. mamba Kobe Bryant's nickname
4. Louis Armstrong played this musical instrument
6. Rosa Parks was best known for her pivotal role in the _____ bus boycott.
7. Booker T. _____ was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States.
9. helped slaves escape to freedom on the "Underground Railroad"
10. Muhammad Ali's sport
14. W.E.B. du Bois was born in this state