Black History Month Crossword

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  1. 3. Youngest African American Soccer Player to go pro
  2. 5. Last name of the athlete who won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics
  3. 6. Currently America’s only black billionaire; talk show host who is dubbed the “Queen of All Media”
  4. 8. Wrote his first autobiography in 1845 “the Narrative of the Life of _________ An American Slave”
  5. 9. _____________Armstrong Nicknamed Satchmo
  6. 10. First African American woman to be elected to Congress
  7. 13. Wrote “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing”
  8. 18. _______ Jemison, first African American Woman to travel in space.
  9. 21. ______King Cole
  10. 22. Baseball Great nicknamed “Hammerin Hank”
  11. 23. R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Singer
  12. 26. ___________Garvey
  13. 27. Stage name of Anna Mae Bullock
  14. 28. Marvin who sings “Whats Goin On”
  15. 30. First Black President
  16. 31. Known as the Queen of Jazz
  17. 32. First African American EVER To win an Academy Award
  18. 33. Inventor Garrett ______ who invented the Gas Mask and Traffic Signal
  19. 37. Author and Co Founder of Civil Rights Organization
  20. 40. African American Muslim Minister and Activist.
  21. 41. Civil Rights Leader
  22. 43. Civil Rights Organization that started in 1909
  23. 44. Born Isabella Baumfree, gave the “Aint I A Woman” Speech
  24. 45. Davis or Bassett
  25. 47. First African American Woman to win a Gold medal in Gymnastics
Down
  1. 1. First Black Surgeon to serve on the American Board of Surgery
  2. 2. First African American Secretary of State
  3. 3. First Black man to win at the US Open and Wimbledon
  4. 4. Poet and Leader of the Harlem Renaissance
  5. 7. Last name of the first African American woman to be Secretary of State
  6. 11. Boxing Greats Leonard or Robinson
  7. 12. Martin Luther’s Wife
  8. 14. Author who wrote the saga “Roots”
  9. 15. Singer/Actress who starred in “Cabin in the Sky”
  10. 16. First African American to win an Olympic Gold Medal
  11. 17. Assata or Tupac
  12. 19. First black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor
  13. 20. George Washington ______________
  14. 24. Abolitionist born Araminta Ross, most know for work on the Underground Railroad
  15. 25. Godfather of Soul James________
  16. 29. “Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee”
  17. 34. Last name of the first black athlete to cross color lines in International Tennis
  18. 35. Co-Founded the Black Panther Party
  19. 36. Last name of Tennis Sister’s Venus and Serena
  20. 38. Singer/Songwriter who wrote “Four Women”
  21. 39. First African American woman in Olympic history to become the individual All-Around Champion.
  22. 40. Jordan or Jackson
  23. 42. _____Parks who sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  24. 44. First name of Author who wrote “Beloved” & “The Bluest Eye”
  25. 46. Boxing Great known as the “Brown Bomber”