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