Black History Month Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.
  2. 4. NASA mathematician who was instrumental in putting an astronaut in orbit around the Earth
  3. 8. First black female pilot
  4. 9. First black female in space
  5. 10. 44th president of the U.S.
  6. 11. First black athlete to play in the MLB
  7. 13. Basketball player with a multi-billion-dollar shoe line
  8. 15. Human rights activist and minister
Down
  1. 1. Conductor on the Underground Railroad
  2. 2. She has her OWN network
  3. 4. NASA scientist who invented the Super Soaker
  4. 5. Winner of 28 Grammy Awards
  5. 6. He had a dream
  6. 7. First black Secretary of State
  7. 8. Neurosurgeon who participated in the first reported separation of conjoined twins
  8. 12. Arrested for refusing to give up her seat
  9. 14. Author, poet, and civil rights activist