Across
- 2. sociologist, intellectual and writer
- 6. WWI Infantry Unit
- 9. first female vice president
- 11. covered the song "Strange Fruit"
- 12. cells are used in medical research
- 14. 1968 elected to Congress
- 16. 44th President
- 17. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
- 19. group that fought segregation
Down
- 1. barnstormer pilot
- 2. Abolitionist
- 3. awarded the Navy Cross in WWII
- 4. carbon fiber filament inventor
- 5. engineer, doctor, NASA astronaut
- 7. playwright, Harlem Renaissance
- 8. WWII fighter-pilot group
- 10. Journalist/Activist
- 13. song "A Change is Gonna Come"
- 15. influential electric guitarist
- 18. Civil Rights Leader, Congressman