Black History Month Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. has the highest-rated television program of its kind in history
  2. 6. One of the country's most successful African-American inventors, created two – the gas mask and the traffic signal
  3. 8. First black actor to win academy award for best actor and golden globe for best actor
  4. 10. First African American to serve in office
  5. 11. Was an African American social reformer, abolitionist orator and statesman.
  6. 12. He invented peanut Butter
  7. 17. Was a theoretical physicist and famous black inventor.
  8. 18. First and still only African America male tennis player to win the U.S. Open and Wimbledon
  9. 20. created jazz poetry
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  1. 1. an inventor and draftsman best known for his contributions to the patenting of the light bulb and the telephone.
  2. 3. First African American Justice in supreme court
  3. 4. African American inventor becoming the originator of the home security system
  4. 5. Played 20 seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers
  5. 7. Most commercially successful musical performers of the late 20th century
  6. 9. Olympic gold medalist and world heavy weight boxing champion
  7. 13. Inventor of a control unit for the artificial pacemaker
  8. 14. First African american to appear in a major league Baseball game
  9. 15. one of the first American women to become a self-made millionaire
  10. 16. He invented an automatic lubricator for oiling the steam engines
  11. 19. First person killed in the Boston Massacre