Across
- 1. an American civil rights activist, publisher, journalist, and lecturer who played a leading role in the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957
- 7. an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career
- 8. an American, poet, and civil rights activist
- 9. an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era
- 10. an American professional baseball right fielder and designated hitter who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1954 through 1976
- 12. an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records
- 13. an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott
Down
- 2. conductor of the Underground Railroad and a Union Army spy
- 3. an American professional basketball player. A\ shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association
- 4. an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman
- 5. also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player
- 6. an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest"
- 11. an American former professional basketball player who is a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA
- 14. an American Christian minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968