Black History Month Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. First black woman to own her own production company.
  2. 4. Best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott.
  3. 5. “Queen Bey”
  4. 7. First black woman to win an Olympic gold medal
  5. 11. Played fifteen seasons in National Basketball Association between 1984 and 2003
  6. 13. First African American child to attend a whites only elementary school.
  7. 15. Born into slavery in Swaterkill
  8. 16. “I have a dream”
  9. 17. Father of the abolitionist movement.
Down
  1. 1. First black female in Congress.
  2. 3. First black woman to travel into space
  3. 6. The first to lead an armed military raid.
  4. 8. First black woman director in Hollywood.
  5. 9. One of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people.
  6. 10. African American agricultural scientist and inventor.
  7. 12. First African American Supreme Court Justice.
  8. 14. First African American women to hold a pilot license