Black History Month

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Across
  1. 1. inventor of the AC starter generator and two cycle engine
  2. 5. the king of pop
  3. 9. inventor of the helicopter
  4. 10. scored 100 points in a single NBA game
  5. 11. the first African American woman to have her screen play produced into a film
  6. 13. the goat of basketball
  7. 16. founded one of the first African American schools in Tuskegee, AL
  8. 17. invented the elevator
  9. 20. invented the traffic light and the gas mask
  10. 21. the first African American justice
  11. 23. eleven rings
  12. 24. wrote the famous speech "i have a dream"
  13. 26. invented the refrigerator
  14. 27. known as the "Moses of her people" she led over 300 slaves to freedom
  15. 29. invented the Mop
  16. 31. refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man
  17. 32. invented home security system
Down
  1. 2. first African American in Baseball
  2. 3. aka Shabazz
  3. 4. the greatest boxer of all time
  4. 6. invented the lawnmower
  5. 7. inventor of the telephone transmitter and system
  6. 8. invented the first clock in America, and contributed largely to the design of Washington D.C.
  7. 12. first African American president
  8. 14. an African American woman's activist who wrote the famous speech ain't i a woman
  9. 15. created 300 products with peanuts
  10. 18. the first African American Woman poet
  11. 19. a famous abolitionist who wrote many books describing his life through slavery
  12. 22. the first African American in space
  13. 25. first African American in the NBA
  14. 28. second African American is Baseball
  15. 30. first African American to win the Grand Slam title