Black History Month Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 6. Newbery-winning author of the book The Watsons Go to Birmingham.
  2. 8. The first Black woman to hold a pilot's license.
  3. 11. Author of the book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
  4. 12. A scientist and astronomer who helped lay out the boundaries for Washington DC.
  5. 13. A "human computer" for NASA who calculated the trajectory path for Apollo 11.
Down
  1. 1. A fifteen-year-old who protested bus segregation (hint: not Rosa Parks).
  2. 2. Track and field star who won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
  3. 3. Nicknamed Moses for helping hundreds of enslaved people escape to freedom.
  4. 4. Founder of the Tuskegee Institute.
  5. 5. The first Black woman to travel in space.
  6. 7. Composer of the song "It Don't Mean a Thing Ig It Ain't Got That Swing".
  7. 8. Scientist noted for his work with peanuts.
  8. 9. First woman in the United States to serve as president of a bank.
  9. 10. Children's author of the book Brown Girl Dreaming.
  10. 12. Most decorated gymnast of all time.