Across
- 4. Civil right activist who would give up her seat on the back of a bus for a white person
- 6. Fist African american women to be elected into congress
- 7. awarded the medal of freedom the highest civilian honor
- 9. Won 3 grammy awards for her spoken-word albums
- 11. Became the first African American women in the world to win an Olympic Gold Metal
- 13. Slave abolitionist and writer
- 14. "Greatest of all time" boxing champion
Down
- 1. First black women to win the Pulitzer Prize
- 2. First Black women to attend Yale law school
- 3. Awarded the George Polk reward
- 5. Broke the "color line" First black american to play in MLB
- 6. Fist black american to become a licensed pilot
- 8. Freed slaves using the underground rail road
- 10. "I have a dream"
- 12. First black president