Across
- 1. Rapper Dr.__
- 3. "Beloved" novelist Morrison
- 6. "The Color Purple" Author Walker
- 8. With 9-Down, jazz singer known as the "Quenn of Scat"
- 9. Soul signer __ James
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- 2. Competed like Jesse Owens
- 4. Talk show Queen Winfrey
- 5. Former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin __
- 7. "Fame" star__ Cara
- 10. Civil rights heroine Parks