Black History Month Crossword

Edit Answers
12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637
Across
  1. 6. The real Lone Ranger story was inspired by this man.
  2. 8. Short for Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
  3. 10. African American Self-Made Millionaire known for inventing a line of African American hair care products.
  4. 12. First African American ever appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
  5. 13. First professional African American to play in the MLB.
  6. 14. Inventor who created long lasting light bulbs with a carbon filament.
  7. 15. First African American POTUS.
  8. 19. Developed 300 derivative products from peanuts.
  9. 21. Zora _____________ Hurston, author of Their Eyes Were Watching God.
  10. 26. Group of African American military pilots and airmen who fought in WWII.
  11. 28. First African American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
  12. 30. Bessie Coleman was the first African American female to become this.
  13. 31. Venus' sister.
  14. 33. He became the first African American billionaire when he sold the cable station he founded in 2001.
  15. 34. March 7, 1965 is known as this day.
  16. 36. First African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate.
  17. 37. First African-American and one of the first women to publish a book of poetry in the colonies in 1773.
Down
  1. 1. First American colonist killed in the American Revolution.
  2. 2. First African American man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854.
  3. 3. African American Inventor that had over 50 patents to his name but was most notably known for inventing the lubricator for steam engines.
  4. 4. Famed NASA mathematician and inspiration for the film 'Hidden Figures'.
  5. 5. First African American First Lady.
  6. 7. First African American Vice President of the United States.
  7. 9. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
  8. 11. Pioneer of the 1950s Civil Rights Movement who at the age of 15 refused to give up her seat on a crowded segregated bus.
  9. 16. African American Farmer who produced one of America's earliest almanacs and what may have been the country's first natively produced clock.
  10. 17. Birth name of the woman who was the face of the Underground Railroad.
  11. 18. Early innovator of jazz poetry and leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
  12. 20. Famous African American performer who expatriated to France.
  13. 22. First all black California township created to provide a self-sufficient city where African Americans could live their lives free of racial prejudice.
  14. 23. Legendary poet who stated, 'If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.'
  15. 24. He invented the 3-way traffic light that we use today.
  16. 25. This iconic cartoon character was inspired by an African American jazz singer in Harlem.
  17. 27. Most famous African American professional golfer.
  18. 29. Author of The Color Purple.
  19. 32. Knick name for Frederick McKinley Jones who invented refrigerated trucks.
  20. 35. Inventor of the mechanism that automatically opens and closes elevator shaft doors.